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The Senate voted in the wee hours Saturday to confirm Todd Blanche as U.S. Attorney General, confirming the nomination of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney by a vote of 50-49.
The vote, conducted just before 4:30 a.m., capped weeks of drama as Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) opposed Blanche’s nomination at the committee level, before each folded earlier this week.
The decision to confirm Blanche was all but sealed Friday after Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) took to the Senate floor to announce his support.
Blanche, 52, took to X after the vote, which began at 4:17 a.m. and took less than 15 minutes.
“I am deeply honored by the trust and confidence President Trump has placed in me to lead the Department of Justice as our great nation’s 88th Attorney General,” he posted.
“I am grateful to the Senate for staying late to complete this process. To the dedicated public servants of the Department of Justice, thank you for your work each day to uphold the law and keep our country safe,” he wrote, adding, “God bless America.”
Blanche has been serving as Acting U.S. Attorney General since April, when President Trump fired Pam Bondi in a disute over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
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