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MIKE DAVIS: Why Todd Blanche is the man for this moment

Blanche has served as deputy AG since March 2025 and as acting attorney general since April

By Mike Davis Fox News

Published June 4, 2026 2:26pm EDT

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President Trump has just announced his intention to nominate Todd Blanche to serve as the next attorney general of the United States. Blanche is an outstanding choice by President Trump. A former federal prosecutor and big-law partner, he put everything on the line to defend Trump against politicized, weaponized, unlawful, and bogus prosecutions–political persecutions–by many Democrat prosecutors and judges, in many Democrat hellholes across America.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a news conference about the Trump administration's fraud crackdown as he's flanked by federal and state officials in Ohio on Thursday, June 4, 2026. (WBNS via NNS)

Since March 2025, Blanche has served as Trump’s deputy attorney general – the Trump Justice Department’s No. 2 and chief operating officer. And for the last several months, Blanche has served as the acting attorney general. In other words, Blanche has spent the last 15 months bringing much-needed reforms and accountability at the Justice Department. But much more must get accomplished to restore public confidence in our justice systems. Blanche is uniquely qualified to finish the job. He’s the right man, at the right time, for the right job.

Blanche's career is defined by public service and sacrifice – not partisanship. Out of law school, he clerked for then-U.S. District Judge Denny Chin of the Southern District of New York. Chin then received an appointment from President Obama to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Blanche later clerked for then-U.S. District Judge Joseph Bianco of the Southern District of New York. Bianco went on to receive an appointment to the Second Circuit from President Trump, where he continues to serve with distinction. Blanche's service to two well-regarded judges........

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