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Todd Blanche

Trump's personal lawyer's rocky path to confirmation as Attorney General — bipartisan opposition, the $1.8B slush fund fight, and Epstein-file fallout.

59 articles · Started 2026-06-12 · Last updated 2026-08-09

Aug 09, 2026 Cassidy Admits IRS Shield for Trump Family Is 'Totally Wrong,' Then Votes Yes Anyway

Cassidy Admits IRS Shield for Trump Family Is 'Totally Wrong,' Then Votes Yes Anyway

Republican Senator Bill Cassidy went on national television Sunday morning, looked into the camera, and said that giving Donald Trump's family special...
Aug 08, 2026 Trump's Ex-Personal Lawyer Just Became America's Top Cop in a 50-49 Vote

Trump's Ex-Personal Lawyer Just Became America's Top Cop in a 50-49 Vote

The man who built his career defending Donald Trump in criminal court is now the chief law enforcement officer of the United States. Todd Blanche was confirmed...
Aug 07, 2026 Murkowski Calls Blanche a Yes-Man, Blows Up His AG Nomination

Murkowski Calls Blanche a Yes-Man, Blows Up His AG Nomination

With a 6 a.m. post to X on Friday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) drove what may be the final nail into Todd Blanche's bid to become the next Attorney General...
Aug 06, 2026 Fetterman Won't Vote for Blanche, Leaving Trump's AG Pick in Real Trouble

Fetterman Won't Vote for Blanche, Leaving Trump's AG Pick in Real Trouble

The man who voted to confirm Pam Bondi, who cast the decisive vote to move Markwayne Mullin through committee, who has been the single most Trump-friendly...
Aug 05, 2026 Trump Ranked Himself Above Genghis Khan — Then Complained His Own Judges Hurt Him

Trump Ranked Himself Above Genghis Khan — Then Complained His Own Judges Hurt Him

Donald Trump keeps a document asserting he is the most powerful person to ever walk the earth, ranked above Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Stalin, and...
Aug 05, 2026 New Mexico Sues DOJ for Hiding Epstein Ranch Files It Was Legally Required to Hand Over

New Mexico Sues DOJ for Hiding Epstein Ranch Files It Was Legally Required to Hand Over

The Department of Justice was handed a legal deadline, a transparency law signed by Donald Trump himself, and a very explicit warning from the New Mexico...
Aug 04, 2026 Susan Collins Won't Vote for Blanche, Calls DOJ 'Increasingly Political'

Susan Collins Won't Vote for Blanche, Calls DOJ 'Increasingly Political'

Susan Collins has seen enough. The Maine Republican announced Tuesday she will vote against Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general, citing a Justice...
Aug 04, 2026 Trump's Personal Lawyer One Step Closer to Running the DOJ

Trump's Personal Lawyer One Step Closer to Running the DOJ

The man who sat next to Donald Trump at a criminal defense table is about to sit at the head of the United States Department of Justice. Todd Blanche, Trump's...
Aug 03, 2026 Trump at 33%: Only Nixon Quit Before Hitting This Low

Trump at 33%: Only Nixon Quit Before Hitting This Low

Donald Trump is polling at 33% approval, a number that, among second-term presidents in the modern era, only beats Richard Nixon — a man who resigned in...
Aug 03, 2026 Jan. 6 Rioters Sue Cops for Beating Them Up While They Rioted

Jan. 6 Rioters Sue Cops for Beating Them Up While They Rioted

The people who stormed the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, assaulted police officers with flagpoles, bear spray, and their own bodies, and then spent...
Aug 03, 2026 Trump DOJ Files 88 Denaturalization Cases, Calls It 'Only the Beginning'

Trump DOJ Files 88 Denaturalization Cases, Calls It 'Only the Beginning'

The Department of Justice just filed its largest coordinated citizenship-stripping effort in American history, moving to revoke naturalization for 24 people in...
Aug 03, 2026 Blanche Kills His Own $1.8B Fund to Get His Own Job

Blanche Kills His Own $1.8B Fund to Get His Own Job

Todd Blanche, the man currently serving as America's top law enforcement officer on a temporary basis, just dismantled his own $1.8 billion slush fund and...
Jul 31, 2026 Trump Appeals Ruling That Called His $10B IRS Lawsuit a Scam

Trump Appeals Ruling That Called His $10B IRS Lawsuit a Scam

A federal judge ruled that Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS was filed for an 'improper purpose' — specifically, to 'manipulate the judicial...
Jul 31, 2026 Red States Found a New Way to Undo Your Vote Before You Cast It

Red States Found a New Way to Undo Your Vote Before You Cast It

Republicans in Missouri and Kansas kept losing ballot measures on abortion, marijuana, and Medicaid. So they did what any sore loser with a legislative...
Jul 31, 2026 Trump Says $1.8B Jan. 6 Payout Fund Is Dead, Then Says He Wishes It Weren't

Trump Says $1.8B Jan. 6 Payout Fund Is Dead, Then Says He Wishes It Weren't

In a single breath on Friday, President Donald Trump told reporters the $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization fund' for January 6 defendants is dead — and then said...
Jul 30, 2026 Trump Threatened to Tank His Own AG Pick. The Senator Said 'Go Ahead.'

Trump Threatened to Tank His Own AG Pick. The Senator Said 'Go Ahead.'

Donald Trump threatened Thursday to withdraw his own attorney general nominee's confirmation, a power move so self-defeating it sounds like something you'd...
Jul 30, 2026 Trump Threatens to Bench His Own AG Pick Until Republicans Who Voted Wrong Are Gone

Trump Threatens to Bench His Own AG Pick Until Republicans Who Voted Wrong Are Gone

Donald Trump just announced he's willing to pull his own attorney general nomination and sit on it for years, like a grudge in a tupperware container, until...
Jul 30, 2026 Trump's Iran War Is Now Crashing the Bond Market Too

Trump's Iran War Is Now Crashing the Bond Market Too

US government borrowing costs just hit their highest level since 2007. The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady. Stocks cratered. And the war in Iran...
Jul 30, 2026 Trump's AG Pick Stalled Because GOP Senators Want His Tax Deal in Writing

Trump's AG Pick Stalled Because GOP Senators Want His Tax Deal in Writing

The man Donald Trump wants running the Justice Department can't even get out of committee because Republican senators don't trust that Trump's personal IRS...
Jul 29, 2026 Six Months In, the 'Four-Week War' With Iran Is Melting Trump's Base

Six Months In, the 'Four-Week War' With Iran Is Melting Trump's Base

The war that was supposed to last four to six weeks is now six months old, draining U.S. missile stockpiles, spiking gas prices, and quietly destroying Donald...
Jul 29, 2026 Senate Unanimously Tells Trump: No Pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell

Senate Unanimously Tells Trump: No Pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell

Every single United States Senator, Republican and Democrat alike, just went on record saying Donald Trump should not pardon a convicted child sex trafficker....
Jul 29, 2026 Trump's AG Pick Is Tanking Because DOJ Won't Kill Trump's IRS Slush Fund

Trump's AG Pick Is Tanking Because DOJ Won't Kill Trump's IRS Slush Fund

Todd Blanche, the man who prosecuted seashell photos on behalf of Donald Trump and called it justice, is now watching his own confirmation collapse because the...
Jul 24, 2026 GOP Asks DOJ to Investigate Locals Who Don't Want Data Centers Near Them

GOP Asks DOJ to Investigate Locals Who Don't Want Data Centers Near Them

A group of Republican lawmakers has written to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche demanding a federal investigation into the people opposing data center...
Jul 22, 2026 Jim Jordan Refers Jack Smith to DOJ for Not Reading Minds

Jim Jordan Refers Jack Smith to DOJ for Not Reading Minds

Jim Jordan has formally asked the Justice Department to criminally prosecute Jack Smith for allegedly lying to Congress about text messages that Republicans...
Jul 22, 2026 DOJ Quietly Rewrote Disability Rights Law So States Can Lock People Up Instead of Treating Them

DOJ Quietly Rewrote Disability Rights Law So States Can Lock People Up Instead of Treating Them

The Justice Department quietly released a legal opinion this June that effectively tells states: go ahead, lock people with mental disabilities in institutions...
Jul 20, 2026 Trump's AG Pick Called Himself 'Trump's Lawyer' Mid-Hearing

Trump's AG Pick Called Himself 'Trump's Lawyer' Mid-Hearing

Trump's nominee for attorney general accidentally called himself "Trump's lawyer" during the very hearing where he promised to restore trust to the Justice...
Jul 17, 2026 Epstein Survivors Say AG Nominee Blanche Treated Them Like a To-Do List Item

Epstein Survivors Say AG Nominee Blanche Treated Them Like a To-Do List Item

Jeffrey Epstein's survivors finally got a meeting with the man who wants to be America's top law enforcement officer. According to Axios, they walked out...
Jul 16, 2026 Tillis Won't Vote to Confirm Trump's AG Until He Meets Epstein Victims

Tillis Won't Vote to Confirm Trump's AG Until He Meets Epstein Victims

The man Donald Trump wants as his permanent Attorney General can't get out of committee because a Republican senator is demanding he first sit down with the...
Jul 16, 2026 Trump's Own AG Pick Can't Get Two Republicans to Back Him

Trump's Own AG Pick Can't Get Two Republicans to Back Him

Donald Trump's pick for Attorney General walked into his Senate confirmation hearing as his former personal defense lawyer, accidentally called the President...
Jul 16, 2026 Trump's Intel Nominee Refused to Say Who Won 2020

Trump's Intel Nominee Refused to Say Who Won 2020

Jay Clayton, Donald Trump's nominee to run the entire United States intelligence apparatus, sat in front of the Senate on Wednesday and refused to say who won...
Jul 15, 2026 Trump Is Sanctioning Americans for Talking About the ICC

Trump Is Sanctioning Americans for Talking About the ICC

The Trump administration slapped sanctions on an international war crimes court and the human rights groups that work with it. Now two American advocacy...
Jul 15, 2026 Trump Is Using Sanctions to Make It Illegal to Help War Crime Victims

Trump Is Using Sanctions to Make It Illegal to Help War Crime Victims

The Trump administration has found a creative new use for economic sanctions: making it legally dangerous for American citizens to help document war crimes....
Jul 15, 2026 ICE Suspends Traffic Stops After Its Own Agents Got People Killed

ICE Suspends Traffic Stops After Its Own Agents Got People Killed

ICE has suspended traffic stops following deadly shootings, which is the kind of sentence that should make every American stop whatever they are doing and read...
Jul 15, 2026 Trump's Personal Lawyer Wants to Run the DOJ He Already Broke

Trump's Personal Lawyer Wants to Run the DOJ He Already Broke

Todd Blanche spent years keeping Donald Trump out of prison. Now he wants the keys to the entire Justice Department, permanently. His confirmation hearing...
Jul 14, 2026 Trump's Personal Lawyer Is Now Acting AG. Senators Must Stop Him.

Trump's Personal Lawyer Is Now Acting AG. Senators Must Stop Him.

The man who personally defended Donald Trump against federal criminal charges is now acting as the nation's top law enforcement officer, and he wants to make...
Jul 13, 2026 Judge Says Trump's $10B IRS Lawsuit Was a Scam to Buy Himself Immunity

Judge Says Trump's $10B IRS Lawsuit Was a Scam to Buy Himself Immunity

A federal judge has officially called out Donald Trump for using the court system as a personal vending machine, ruling that his $10 billion lawsuit against...
Jul 13, 2026 Peking Uni Grad Became the Sinaloa Cartel's Fentanyl King

Peking Uni Grad Became the Sinaloa Cartel's Fentanyl King

He graduated from China's most prestigious university with a Spanish degree, moved to Mexico to work in mining, and then allegedly became the single most...
Jul 13, 2026 Hegseth Launches DOJ Taskforce to Hunt Reporters' Sources

Hegseth Launches DOJ Taskforce to Hunt Reporters' Sources

Pete Hegseth, a man who was confirmed to run the United States military despite having no relevant qualifications, has now decided the real threat to national...
Jul 13, 2026 Judge Calls Trump's IRS Lawsuit a Fraud, Sanctions His Lawyers

Judge Calls Trump's IRS Lawsuit a Fraud, Sanctions His Lawyers

A federal judge just called Donald Trump's $10 billion IRS lawsuit a flat-out fraud on the court, sanctioned two of his lawyers, and wrote 56 pages explaining...
Jul 13, 2026 Congress Returns to a Dumpster Fire With One Less Firefighter

Congress Returns to a Dumpster Fire With One Less Firefighter

Lindsey Graham died Saturday at 71, and Congress showed up Monday to discover that one of the few people holding the Republican legislative agenda together by...
Jul 12, 2026 1,200 'Nonpartisan' DOJ Alumni Sign Anti-Blanche Letter, Including Lori Lightfoot

1,200 'Nonpartisan' DOJ Alumni Sign Anti-Blanche Letter, Including Lori Lightfoot

More than 1,200 former Department of Justice employees signed a letter this week demanding the Senate reject Todd Blanche's nomination as Attorney General,...
Jul 10, 2026 Trump's Memphis Anticrime Taskforce Has Now Killed Two Black Men in a Week

Trump's Memphis Anticrime Taskforce Has Now Killed Two Black Men in a Week

In the span of a single week, two Black men are dead in Tennessee, and the common thread running through both cases is Donald Trump's Memphis Safe Task Force....
Jul 10, 2026 Afghanistan's Ex-Deputy Speaker Sold the DEA 2kg of Meth, Then Asked for 3 Days to Deliver RPGs

Afghanistan's Ex-Deputy Speaker Sold the DEA 2kg of Meth, Then Asked for 3 Days to Deliver RPGs

A man who served as deputy speaker of Afghanistan's National Assembly and as a general in its paramilitary Border Force was arrested and charged Friday with...
Jul 09, 2026 DOJ Killed Baby Formula Criminal Case While Abbott's Law Firm Did Pro-Bono Work for Trump

DOJ Killed Baby Formula Criminal Case While Abbott's Law Firm Did Pro-Bono Work for Trump

Federal prosecutors wanted felony charges. The assistant attorney general of the DOJ's own Criminal Division backed them up. And then senior leadership at the...
Jul 03, 2026 Trump May Pardon Diddy While Definitely Pardoning Diesel Cheats

Trump May Pardon Diddy While Definitely Pardoning Diesel Cheats

The President of the United States spent part of his Friday afternoon in a meeting about whether to free a convicted sex tourism offender, a man who helped a...
Jul 02, 2026 Trump Made $1.4B in Crypto. His Tax Bill Is a Black Box.

Trump Made $1.4B in Crypto. His Tax Bill Is a Black Box.

Donald Trump made $1.4 billion off cryptocurrency while sitting in the Oval Office and regulating the industry he was personally profiting from. His financial...
Jul 01, 2026 Brennan Sues DOJ to Stop Trump From Shredding Evidence Before His Show Trial

Brennan Sues DOJ to Stop Trump From Shredding Evidence Before His Show Trial

Former CIA Director John Brennan walked into federal court Wednesday and essentially asked a judge to stop the Trump administration from burning the receipts....
Jun 30, 2026 Trump's DOJ Is Fighting a Judge to Hide Notes About a 13-Year-Old's Rape Allegation

Trump's DOJ Is Fighting a Judge to Hide Notes About a 13-Year-Old's Rape Allegation

A woman who told the FBI she was sexually assaulted by Donald Trump when she was between 13 and 15 years old is currently living off the grid, terrified of...
Jun 25, 2026 455 Arrested, $6.5B in Health Care Fraud — Including a $4.6M Philippines Beach Resort

455 Arrested, $6.5B in Health Care Fraud — Including a $4.6M Philippines Beach Resort

Someone billed Medicare for $3.76 billion in medical equipment they never actually provided, allegedly fled to Southeast Asia with the money, and a separate...
Jun 23, 2026 Hospice Owner Billed Medicare for Dead People to Buy a $530K Rolls Royce

Hospice Owner Billed Medicare for Dead People to Buy a $530K Rolls Royce

A Los Angeles hospice owner allegedly ran a $27 million Medicare scam by billing for dead people and the terminally healthy alike, then used the proceeds to...
Jun 19, 2026 DOJ Tells Judge to Trust Them on $1.8B Slush Fund. Under Oath? Nah.

DOJ Tells Judge to Trust Them on $1.8B Slush Fund. Under Oath? Nah.

The Trump Justice Department created a $1.8 billion fund, got sued over it, told Congress it was dead, told a judge it was dead, and is now refusing to say any...
Jun 17, 2026 DOJ's New Anti-Trafficking Czar Has 300,000 Missing Kids to Find First

DOJ's New Anti-Trafficking Czar Has 300,000 Missing Kids to Find First

The Justice Department appointed a new national coordinator for human trafficking and child exploitation cases on Wednesday. Great. Wonderful. Standing...
Jun 17, 2026 Maxwell's Prison Is 'Park-Like.' She's the Only Sex Offender There.

Maxwell's Prison Is 'Park-Like.' She's the Only Sex Offender There.

Congressional staff toured Ghislaine Maxwell's Texas prison this week and the warden told them something remarkable: out of more than 600 women at that...
Jun 16, 2026 Trump Is Rigging the Refs Before the Midterms and Barely Hiding It

Trump Is Rigging the Refs Before the Midterms and Barely Hiding It

The Trump administration is using the Justice Department, the FBI, and a presidential executive order to systematically dismantle American voting rights before...
Jun 16, 2026 Trump's AG Pick Filed a Legal Brief That Read Like a Drunk Tweet

Trump's AG Pick Filed a Legal Brief That Read Like a Drunk Tweet

Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general filed a federal court document that cited Trump Derangement Syndrome, praised Trump as a genius real estate...
Jun 15, 2026 FBI Raids Ohio Voter Group HQ While Ohio Has a Live Election

FBI Raids Ohio Voter Group HQ While Ohio Has a Live Election

The FBI showed up at the Ohio Organizing Collaborative's headquarters on June 11, seized electronic devices, fanned out across the state to interrogate staff...
Jun 13, 2026 FBI Raids Ohio Voter Registration Group Two Months Before Midterms

FBI Raids Ohio Voter Registration Group Two Months Before Midterms

The FBI showed up at a voter registration group's office in Cleveland on Thursday, seized their computers and phones, and sent agents to knock on the doors of...
Jun 12, 2026 Trump's $1.77B 'Anti-Weaponization' Slush Fund Blocked by Judge Who Noticed Trump Wants It Back

Trump's $1.77B 'Anti-Weaponization' Slush Fund Blocked by Judge Who Noticed Trump Wants It Back

The Trump administration told two separate federal judges that the $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund was dead, done, and not coming back. Then Donald...
Jun 12, 2026 FBI Raids Ohio Voter Registration Group 5 Months Before Midterms

FBI Raids Ohio Voter Registration Group 5 Months Before Midterms

The FBI raided a grassroots voter registration group in Cleveland on Thursday, seizing computers and phones and fanning out to the homes of affiliated members...