Todd Blanche has been serving as the acting attorney general. If confirmed by the Senate, Trump's former personal lawyer would become the administration's number one prosecutor. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Todd Blanche has been serving as the acting attorney general. A formal nomination to the post would be the president’s latest move to place loyalists in top government jobs.S1

• If confirmed by the Senate, Trump's former personal lawyer would become the administration's number one prosecutor.S2

• Blanche has been justice department’s acting leader since Pam Bondi was ousted in early AprilS3

• President Donald Trump, during a dinner, announced his intent to nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the post permanently, according to two sources.S4