{"id":261,"date":"2026-06-04T10:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=261"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:11:47","slug":"trump-to-nominate-todd-blanche-for-attorney-general-after-months-as-acting-doj-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=261","title":{"rendered":"Trump to Nominate Todd Blanche for Attorney General After Months as Acting DOJ Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to permanently lead the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=259\">California Tech Executive Charged With Supplying Equipment to Iranian Military, Nuclear Establishment<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump revealed the decision during a White House dinner, telling attendees he would direct his team to begin the formal nomination process on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>A video shared on social media by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino showed the president making the announcement in the Rose Garden. Two sources at the dinner later confirmed the move.<\/p>\n<p>Blanche previously served as deputy attorney general before Trump selected him to become acting attorney general following the departure of Pam Bondi.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had signaled the move earlier in a pre-recorded interview with the podcast \u201cPod Force One,\u201d praising Blanche\u2019s performance as acting attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=257\">Trump Signs Executive Order to Facilitate Firing Federal Employees<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to see how he\u2019s received, you know, we put him as acting, and he\u2019s done a very good job, but I\u2019ve known him a long time,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The nomination comes as Blanche has found himself at the center of several high-profile controversies inside the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>As acting attorney general, Blanche has also overseen high-profile cases, including securing an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey over a social media post that the Justice Department alleges was a threat against the president.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=255\">Morning Greatness: House Passes Resolution to End Iran War<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to permanently lead the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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