Senate confirms Trump's former lawyer Todd Blanche as attorney general
World · 8 August 2026
Written by AI from multiple news reports
The U.S. Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as Attorney General on Saturday, August 8, 2026. The vote was 50 to 49, the narrowest possible result. Blanche will now lead the Justice Department, the country's top law enforcement agency.
Two Republican senators, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, voted against him along with all Democrats. Blanche had already been doing the job in a temporary role since April 2026. The vote happened very early in the morning, at around 4 a.m.
Some senators were unhappy because Blanche helped create a special fund and was involved in a legal settlement connected to Trump and the IRS. Before this job, Blanche worked as Trump's personal lawyer in several criminal cases.