Blanche will oversee daily operations of the department while working directly under Attorney General Pam Bondi.

The Republican-led Senate has voted to confirm Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general, placing President Donald Trump’s ...

By Devlin Barrett The Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Trump’s criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche to take the No. 2 position at the Justice Department, where he has vowed to end the ...

Mr. Blanche has served as President Trump’s personal criminal defense attorney since 2023. Although Durbin observed that ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Todd Blanche, former criminal defense attorney for Donald Trump, as Deputy Attorney General in a 52 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general, placing President Donald Trump’s former criminal defense attorney in a key ...

FILE - Todd Blanche, attorney for President-elect Donald Trump departs court, Jan. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File) The Associated Press ...

The confirmation by the Senate of President Trump’s defense lawyer, Todd Blanche, as deputy attorney general gives Attorney General Bondi her right hand man as she aims to build a “new Department of ...

Todd Blanche was confirmed as Deputy Attorney General in a 52 – 46 Senate vote on March 5, taking the #2 position in the Department of Justice. Blanche formerly served as President Trump’s federal ...

Senate Democrats grilled Todd Blanche, President Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, on whether he would blunt attempts to interfere with the Department of Justice (DOJ) if confirmed as ...