Key Points
- 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 April S3
- 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
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