By

Nia Prater,

Intelligencer staff writer, who covers New York politics

Attorney General Nominee Todd Blanche leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill on July 29, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Todd Blanche’s nomination to become the next U.S. attorney general appears to be in peril. First, a key committee postponed its scheduled Thursday vote as a pair of Republican senators continue to withhold their support over a controversial settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service. Then, Trump floated the idea of postponing the nomination altogether until 2027.