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.
Todd Blanche, whom President Donald Trump named to temporarily lead the Justice Department after Pam Bondi was ousted Thursday, has held two critical positions in his last two jobs.
Blanche, who has served as deputy attorney general under Pam Bondi, previously represented Trump as his personal defense attorney.
Real America's Voice host Gina Loudon warned acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Friday that he must release the Jeffrey Epstein files, criticizing his statement that there is no evidence Epstein was a spy. Loudon said her audience predicted Pam Bondi's firing and expressed frustration that Blanche chose the day of Bondi's dismissal to make statements…
Originally from the Denver suburbs, Blanche is a graduate of American University and Brooklyn Law School.
The former prosecutor has a long-standing relationship with President Trump, having represented him in the criminal hush-money case.
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.
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…
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…
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...
