{"id":32557,"date":"2026-08-08T13:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32557"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:42:12","slug":"todd-blanche-confirmed-as-us-attorney-general-replacing-pam-bondi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32557","title":{"rendered":"Todd Blanche confirmed as US attorney general, replacing Pam Bondi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-layout-index=\"4\" class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6402997508112\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_featured-video_5_1\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Sen. Bill Cassidy announces &#8216;yes&#8217; vote on Todd Blanche nomination<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican from Louisiana, secures support for Todd Blanche&#8217;s nomination as attorney general by announcing his critical yes vote on the Senate floor. Chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram breaks down how Cassidy&#8217;s decision impacts the upcoming Department of Justice confirmation process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Once thought doomed, President Donald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_495355\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justice Department<\/a> has survived the Senate and now will take the helm as the nation\u2019s top law enforcement official.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was confirmed early Saturday morning as part of a mad blitz by lawmakers to wrap up their work and jet from Washington, D.C. Now, he\u2019ll officially replace Pam Bondi as attorney general.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Blanche, who is Trump\u2019s former personal lawyer, nearly saw his confirmation hopes go up in smoke as Republicans struggled to swallow his role in rolling out the nearly $2 billion anti-weaponization and sweeping IRS audit immunity for the president and his family.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_495356\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trumps-ag-pick-survives-republicans-question-white-house-deal-hold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>TRUMP&#8217;S AG PICK SURVIVES \u2014 FOR NOW \u2014 AS REPUBLICANS QUESTION IF WHITE HOUSE DEAL WILL HOLD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/Acting-AG-Todd-Blanche-Committee-Confirmation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/Acting-AG-Todd-Blanche-Committee-Confirmation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/Acting-AG-Todd-Blanche-Committee-Confirmation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/Acting-AG-Todd-Blanche-Committee-Confirmation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/Acting-AG-Todd-Blanche-Committee-Confirmation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/Acting-AG-Todd-Blanche-Committee-Confirmation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/Acting-AG-Todd-Blanche-Committee-Confirmation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/Acting-AG-Todd-Blanche-Committee-Confirmation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/Acting-AG-Todd-Blanche-Committee-Confirmation.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Todd Blanche stands before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room in Washington, D.C.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for his nomination to be attorney general at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 2026.<\/span> <span>(Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">However, a last-minute ally emerged: Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., who announced on Friday that he would back Blanche\u2019s confirmation after spending days keeping tight-lipped on his decision.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Though he was concerned about weaponization at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and just how binding an agreement to nix the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_495357\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-admin-pushes-back-slush-fund-attacks-anti-weaponization-fund-lays-qualifies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anti-weaponization fund<\/a> and limit Trump\u2019s audit immunity would be, he argued that having a Senate-confirmed attorney general was a better option than a placeholder.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Mr. Blanche is not perfect, and he will tell you this,&#8221; Cassidy said on the Senate floor. &#8220;But the choice is not between perfection and Mr. Blanche. It is between Mr. Blanche and another acting attorney general, who may not run the department effectively under President Trump.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_495358\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trumps-pick-top-law-enforcement-official-gets-crucial-last-minute-lifeline-confirmation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>TRUMP&#8217;S PICK FOR TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL GETS CRUCIAL LAST-MINUTE LIFELINE FOR CONFIRMATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Still, Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, joined all Senate Democrats to oppose Blanche\u2019s confirmation.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_495359\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/watch-gop-holdout-rejects-trump-threat-ag-nominee-standoff-explodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Murkowski announced her opposition<\/a> hours before Cassidy\u2019s lifeline. She contended that despite Blanche\u2019s trek to Alaska and numerous meetings with him, she could not support him to be the next attorney general.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">She was worried about his connection to the anti-weaponization fund, a weaponized Justice Department, Blanche\u2019s role in the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_495360\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/jeffrey-epstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Epstein Files<\/a> release, and the uncertain future of the fund, which several Republicans have raised concerns about over whether taxpayer dollars would flow to rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_495361\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-admin-pushes-back-slush-fund-attacks-anti-weaponization-fund-lays-qualifies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>TRUMP ADMIN PUSHES BACK ON &#8216;SLUSH FUND&#8217; ATTACKS AGAINST ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND AND LAYS OUT WHO QUALIFIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/343\/192\/lisa-murkowsi-talking-to-reporters-at-capitol.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/686\/384\/lisa-murkowsi-talking-to-reporters-at-capitol.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/672\/378\/lisa-murkowsi-talking-to-reporters-at-capitol.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1344\/756\/lisa-murkowsi-talking-to-reporters-at-capitol.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/931\/523\/lisa-murkowsi-talking-to-reporters-at-capitol.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1862\/1046\/lisa-murkowsi-talking-to-reporters-at-capitol.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/720\/405\/lisa-murkowsi-talking-to-reporters-at-capitol.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1440\/810\/lisa-murkowsi-talking-to-reporters-at-capitol.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1200\/675\/lisa-murkowsi-talking-to-reporters-at-capitol.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks to reporters outside of the Capitol Building\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, speaks to members of the media following a vote outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.<\/span> <span>(Graeme Sloan\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;The country needs an Attorney General who will check the worst impulses of this administration,&#8221; Murkowski said. &#8220;I hope Mr. Blanche is able to achieve that, if confirmed, but I simply do not have confidence that will be the case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Collins raised similar concerns earlier in the week, and was the first Republican out of the gate to cast doubt on <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_495362\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-ag-pick-blanche-stalled-key-republicans-refuse-budge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blanche\u2019s chances of confirmation.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;While I believe Mr. Blanche is a capable lawyer, the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_495364\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Justice<\/a> has become increasingly political,&#8221; Collins said. &#8220;Mr. Blanche has taken several actions that have further eroded the Department\u2019s independence, and that is the basis for my vote to oppose his confirmation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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