NBC News' Kristen Welker reports on the "bubbling" frustrations President Trump had with Pam Bondi before ultimately firing her. Todd Blanche will fill the position as acting attorney general.
The Department of Justice is undergoing a high-level leadership change, after President Donald Trump announced Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche would replace Attorney General Pam Bondi on an interim basis. News reports of Bondi’s possible termination circulated in the hours before the announcement made by President Donald Trump on Thursday. He is…
Bondi’s controversial tenure included overseeing the Epstein files release and deadly immigration crackdowns
While it remains unclear how long Todd Blanche will stay in the job, whoever ends up taking over permanently will lead a department that he has shaped in his own image.
Blanche, who has served as deputy attorney general under Pam Bondi, previously represented Trump as his personal defense attorney.
Todd Blanche will take over the Justice Department in an acting capacity following President Trump’s ouster of Attorney General Pam Bondi. It’s the highest perch yet for the former New York prosecutor and white-collar defense attorney, who came into Trump’s orbit as one of his personal lawyers until the president catapulted Blanche into the Justice…
Originally from the Denver suburbs, Blanche is a graduate of American University and Brooklyn Law School.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was adamant Thursday that Pam Bondi’s handling of government files related to sex predator Jeffrey Epstein did not play a role in President Trump’s decision to fire her. “A lot of what you just said about what happened to the attorney general is simply not true,” Blanche told Fox News...
President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, and Mr. Blanche, her deputy, will serve as acting attorney general, according to a person familiar with the decision.
At the Justice Department, Bondi tried to deliver on the president’s priorities but ultimately failed to appease him.
