NBC News reported that Bondi was fired in part over her lack of success going after Trump’s perceived political foes
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Blanche, a former federal prosecutor, entered the Trump administration after first having been his personal attorney.
Key facts
Blanche’s nomination heads to the Senate, where he was confirmed as deputy attorney general last year on a 52-46 vote
The administration’s proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund to compensate people who say they the federal government has targeted them raised bipartisan furor
He represented Trump in his New York hush money case, which resulted in a conviction on 34 felony counts
Under Blanche’s leadership, the Justice Department secured an indictment of former FBI Director James Comey over a photo he posted of seashells that the Trump administration argues threatened Trump’s
Summary
President Donald Trump will nominate his acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, to be the country’s permanent top prosecutor Thursday, he said at a private event at the White House on Wednesday evening. Dan Scavino, the White House deputy chief of staff, posted a video Wednesday night of Trump announcing Blanche’s nomination as he spoke in the Rose Garden. “He’s acting attorney general,” Trump said in the video, referring to Blanche. Scavino captioned the video “President Trump with an announcement tonight at the …Congratulations @DAGToddBlanche.” Blanche took over as acting attorney general in early April after Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, whose deputy Blanche had been.