Todd Blanche’s nomination to be permanently made the attorney general marks the apex of a gamble from a man who bet everything on representing Donald Trump and became one of his most steadfast and punishing enforcers.
Trump announced the news at the White House on Monday. The nomination will require Senate confirmation to become permanent.
Blanche was a relatively unknown lawyer until he joined Trump’s legal team in March 2023, just after Trump was indicted for the first time in a New York state case involving a hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels. Blanche, a registered Democrat until a few years ago, resigned a lucrative partnership at a Wall Street law firm to represent the president, essentially betting everything on Trump at a moment when Trump faced mounting criminal charges and the walls seemed to be closing in.
If someone wrote this in a movie about an authoritarian takeover, people would complain it’s too cliche. The dictator installs his own personal lawyer as the Justice Dept head…
Fuck I can’t wait for [ Removed by Reddit ].
You mean the big dance party?
Apropos of nothing, did you know that, while the president himself gets secret service protection, many of the cronies he relies on to do his bidding do not? Just a funny observation.