President Donald Trump nominated Todd Blanche, his former personal defense attorney, for permanent attorney general on June 8, 2026, after Blanche served as acting AG for over two months following Pam Bondi's firing on April 2, 2026. Blanche's tenure has been controversial: he granted Trump, his family, and the Trump Organization immunity from IRS prosecution as part of settling Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, and authorized a $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund to compensate alleged victims of Biden-era prosecutorial overreach before abandoning it under legal challenge. The Save America PAC paid Blanche nearly $10 million between March and December 2024 for defending Trump in three criminal cases, including the New York hush money case that resulted in 34 felony convictions. Congressional critics, including some Republicans, have questioned potential conflicts of interest and criticized the botched release of Jeffrey Epstein files that both omitted victim redactions and withheld many documents.
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