President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested he was likely to nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve in the post permanently.Blanche assumed the acting position after Trump fired former Attorney General Pam Bondi. During an interview with the New York Post’s “Pod Force One,” Trump indicated he had wanted to gauge public reaction to Blanche’s performance firsthand.
“I think he will… I wanted to see how he was received. We put him as acting, and he’s done a very good job,” he said.
Since assuming the office, Blanche has overseen a litany of fraud busts linked to the federal anti-fraud task force, and has also spearheaded several policy initiatives.
He recently took some flak over the DOJ’s creation of an “anti-weaponization fund” as part of a settlement to end Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS, though his DOJ backed off of plans to establish the fund.
During Trump’s first term, he asked his original attorney general, Jeff Sessions, to resign, replacing him with acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, before naming William Barr to the post in a permanent capacity.
Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.
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