President Donald Trump said during a private dinner Wednesday evening at the White House that he plans to nominate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to be permanent attorney general this week. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
June 4 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said he plans to nominate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to take over the job permanently after Pam Bondi was fired in April.
Trump said he would send Blanche's nomination to the U.S. Senate in remarks during a private dinner Wednesday evening in the White House Rose Garden, NBC News and The Washington Post reported.
Blanche took over for Bondi on April 2 after Trump announced that she was leaving the administration for a private sector job, although sources at the time said that Trump had been "more and more frustrated" that she had not successfully "executed his vision."
Since taking over, the former deputy attorney general has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on fraud charges, indicted former FBI Director James Comey over a social media post, ended the federal death penalty moratorium and negotiated a controversial settlement between Trump and the Internal Revenue Service after a contractor leaked his tax returns to the media.
