Todd Blanche

Todd Blanche
Official portrait, 2025
Acting United States Attorney General
Assumed office
April 2, 2026
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byPam Bondi
40th United States Deputy Attorney General
Assumed office
March 6, 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byLisa Monaco
Acting Librarian of Congress
Disputed
Assumed office
May 12, 2025
Disputed with Robert Newlena[›]
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byRobert Newlen
(acting, disputed)
Carla Hayden
Personal details
Born
Todd Wallace Blanche

(1974-08-06) August 6, 1974
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic (before 2023)
Republican (since 2024)
Children2
EducationBeloit College
American University (BA)
Brooklyn Law School (JD)

Todd Wallace Blanche (/blæntʃ/;[1] born August 6, 1974) is an American attorney and former prosecutor. Since 2025, he has been serving as the 40th United States deputy attorney general.[2]

Blanche is best known for representing then-former U.S. president Donald Trump in the 2024 criminal trial in New York.[3][4] On November 14, 2024, President-elect Trump announced that he planned to nominate Blanche to be deputy attorney general.[5][6] He was confirmed to the post by the U.S. Senate on March 5, 2025 in a 52-46 vote.[7][8]

On April 2, 2026, Blanche became the acting U.S. Attorney General after Attorney General Pam Bondi was fired by President Trump.[9][10][11] Two months later, Trump formally nominated Blanche to be the permanent attorney general.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Todd W. Blanche". The Federalist Society. 2024-08-01. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  2. ↑ "Office of the Deputy Attorney General | Office of the Deputy Attorney General". www.justice.gov. 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  3. ↑ "Trump taps white-collar attorney to helm indictment defense". POLITICO. 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  4. ↑ Gleeson, Cailey. "Who Is Todd Blanche? What To Know About Trump's Hush Money Trial Lawyer". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  5. ↑ "Trump Picks Todd Blanche, His Defense Lawyer, to Be Deputy Attorney General". 2024-11-14. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  6. ↑ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Emma Colton (2024-11-14). "Trump names his personal criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general". Fox News. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  7. ↑ "Senate Confirms Trump Attorney Todd Blanche as No. 2 Justice Dept. Official". 2025-03-05. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  8. ↑ "Senate confirms former Trump defense attorney Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general". AP News. 2025-03-05. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  9. ↑ Pager, Tyler; Thrush, Glenn (2026-04-02). "Trump Fires Pam Bondi as Attorney General". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-04-02.
  10. ↑ Rabinowitz, Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins, Hannah (2026-04-02). "Pam Bondi ousted as attorney general, source says | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2026-04-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ "Pam Bondi out as attorney general, Trump says". NBC News. 2026-04-02. Retrieved 2026-04-02.
  12. ↑ Strohm, Chris (June 8, 2026). "Trump Picks Blanche as Attorney General, Teeing Up Senate Fight". Bloomberg News. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
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