Trump to formally nominate Todd Blanche as attorney general

Denver7 · Jun 04, 2026 · 578 words · By AP

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, tapping his former personal lawyer who has aggressively pursued the Republican president’s agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role.

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Trump said at a dinner at the White House that he plans to nominate Blanche formally on Thursday, according to a video of the event posted on social media by a White House aide.

Common ground

“We are going to make him permanent attorney general,” Trump said at the Rose Garden event.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Blanche separately appointed Joseph diGenova, an 81-year-old former Justice Department prosecutor from the Reagan administration, to oversee a Florida-based investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired over the last decade to undermine Trump?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Blanche separately appointed Joseph diGenova, an 81-year-old former Justice Department prosecutor from the Reagan administration, to oversee a Florida-based investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired over the last decade to undermine Trump”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results or cross-references regarding the appointment of Joseph diGenova to a Florida-based investigation.

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Claim 2: “Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted in April over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that officials said constituted a threat the president”

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Multiple independent web search results from April 28, 2026, confirm James Comey was indicted over a social media photo of seashells interpreted as a threat to the president.

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 28, 2026 ... The former FBI director posted a beach photo last year showing shells in the shape of "8647," which Trump allies portrayed as a threat ...
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/james-co…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 28, 2026 ... Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Tuesday over a photo of seashells that officials said threatened President Donald Trump, ...
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/politics/justice-department-i…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 28, 2026 ... Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Tuesday in an investigation over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that ...
https://www.facebook.com/KOAT7/posts/former-fbi-director-jam…

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Claim 3: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general”

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Multiple independent sources, including Nbcwashington and various web search results, confirm that President Trump announced on Wednesday his intention to nominate Todd Blanche as Attorney General.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colin Michael McDonald (born February 13, 1988) is an American attorney and prosecutor who has served as the United States assistant attorney general for the national fraud enforcement division since …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_McDonald_(attorney)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Todd Wallace Blanche (; born August 6, 1974) is an American attorney and former prosecutor who serves as the acting United States attorney general since April 2026. Blanche has also served as the Unit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Blanche

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — President Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of the Treasury was a lawsuit brought against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by President Donald Trump in January …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._Internal_Revenue_Serv…

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Claim 4: “Blanche told lawmakers on Tuesday the Justice Department would not move forward with the plan after the political blowback stalled legislation to fund Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies”

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The claim that Blanche told lawmakers on Tuesday the DOJ would not move forward with the plan is only supported by the Nbcwashington cross-reference; no other independent sources in the evidence set confirm this specific timing or communication.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Blanche told lawmakers on Tuesday the Justice Department would not move forward with the plan
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/pr…

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Claim 5: “Blanche sought quickly to position himself as the favorite for the permanent job after Pam Bondi’s firing in April”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Pam Bondi was fired in April 2026 and that Todd Blanche subsequently became acting attorney general and sought the permanent role.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pamela Jo Bondi ( BON-dee; born November 17, 1965) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 87th United States attorney general from 2025 to 2026. A member of the Republican Party, sh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Bondi

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is an executive department of the United States federal government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Ju…

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Claim 6: “Blanche was brought into the Justice Department as deputy attorney general and was elevated after Bondi’s ousting”

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Nbcwashington and web search results confirm Blanche served as Deputy Attorney General and was elevated to Acting Attorney General after Pam Bondi's ousting.

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web search NEUTRAL — Todd Blanche Before Being Chosen as Pam Bondi Replacement. Before entering government leadership, Blanche built a career that spanned both prosecution and private defence work.
https://www.inkl.com/news/who-is-todd-blanche-trump-chooses-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Who is Pam Bondi? Bondi, 60, served as Florida’s first female attorney general from 2011 to 2019 after more than 18 years as a prosecutor in Hillsborough County.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/3/why-did-trump-fire-p…

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web search NEUTRAL — Meanwhile, Todd Blanche, who was confirmed as Deputy Attorney General in March 2025, now steps into the role of Acting Attorney General, effective immediately.Pam Bondi led this Department with streng…
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/todd-blanche-named-interim-att…

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Claim 7: “Trump said at a dinner at the White House that he plans to nominate Blanche formally on Thursday”

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NPR and other web search results specifically report that Trump stated at a White House dinner on Wednesday that the formal nomination would occur on Thursday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On the evening of April 25, 2026, gunshots were fired near the main security screening area for the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. President Don…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_White_House_Correspondent…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Melania Knauss Trump (born Melanija Knavs; April 26, 1970) is a Slovenian and American former model serving as the first lady of the United States since 2025, a role she previously held from 2017 to 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House State Ballroom is part of a planned new East Wing for the White House, the official residence of the president of the United States. The new East Wing is planned to replace the origina…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_State_Ballroom

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Claim 8: “The proposed fund created a bipartisan firestorm that forced the Justice Department to scrap the idea earlier this week”

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Web search results confirm that the fund faced bipartisan opposition and was blocked by a judge, and other sources indicate the DOJ abandoned the idea due to backlash.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 6, 2021, thousands of Trump supporters participated in the U.S. Capitol attack, disrupting the joint session of Congress assembled to count electoral votes to formalize Joe Biden's victory …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cases_of_the_January_6…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Weaponization Working Group is a working group of the Office of the Attorney General within the United States Department of Justice created in 2025. The working group has received criticism for it…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaponization_Working_Group

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Claim 9: “A former federal prosecutor in New York, Blanche came to public prominence for his lead role on Trump’s defense team, including during the Republican’s hush money trial in New York”

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Claim 10: “The $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” also prompted backlash from Republicans in the Senate”

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Multiple web search results specify the fund amount as $1.776 billion and report opposition from Republican senators (e.g., Tuberville, Britt).

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web search NEUTRAL — Alabama’s U.S. senators are reportedly among the congressional Republicans opposed to President Donald Trump’s using a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” in part to compensate offenders who atta…
https://www.al.com/politics/2026/05/tuberville-britt-buck-tr…

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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump’s political revenge tour met its potential match this week as angry Republican senators finally said no, even if temporarily.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWOVHVP6UpE

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web search NEUTRAL — Senate Republicans who are returning to Washington on Monday say they won’t have the votes to pass the Homeland Security spending bill until the White House works with them to place parameters on a ne…
https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/elections/2026/tensions-l…

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Claim 11: “announcing a nearly $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate the president’s allies for alleged political persecution”

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The existence of a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate allies for political persecution is reported by Nbcwashington and multiple web search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump

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