President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening said he intends to nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to head the Justice Department, two months after former Attorney General Pam Bondi resigned.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks as US President Donald Trump listens during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House.
Trump announced his plan to nominate his former personal attorney to the top DOJ role during a White House dinner on Wednesday evening, according to a clip posted by deputy White House chief of staff Dan Scavino.
In the clip shared on X, Trump says that on Thursday, he’s instructing Scavino and others to begin the process of nominating Blanche as the “permanent attorney general.”
Blanche has served as acting attorney general since Bondi’s resignation in April.
