Blanche has served as acting attorney general since Bondi’s departure in April.

The White House sent the nomination to the Senate on Monday.

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Blanche may face an uphill battle in the confirmation process, given the wariness of some GOP senators who are leaving Congress in January. One of those outgoing lawmakers, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, told reporters last Thursday he hasn’t decided whether to support Blanche when his nomination reaches the Senate Judiciary Committee. He said the “key” to winning his support will be for Blanche to condemn the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

In recent weeks, Blanche and the Justice Department drew bipartisan pushback for planning to set up a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” with the power to pay out claims to people who allege they were victims of government persecution. Democrats cast it as a “slush fund” for Trump allies, and some Republicans raised fears that convicted Jan. 6 rioters and other lawbreakers would apply for relief.

The fund was part of a settlement between Mr. Trump and the government over the leaking of his tax returns, and in trying to defend it, Blanche faced what GOP Sen. Ted Cruz called a “full-on revolt” in a meeting with GOP senators, and other Senate business was temporarily stalled.

Last week, Blanche told lawmakers the department was “not moving forward” with the fund, after a judge blocked the government from implementing it, and the Justice Department confirmed in a court filing that it would not go forward.

Trump indicated last week during a White House Rose Garden dinner that he would nominate Blanche to permanently fill the role.

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Blanche, on June 2, told a House subcommittee that the Justice Department had permanently abandoned plans for the fund in the face of that criticism, and a federal judge’s injunction temporarily barring the fund from operating.

But he refused to put that promise in writing, raising concerns that the Justice Department would seek to revive the fund in the future. And Trump, the following day, said he was unclear about the fund’s fate.

Lawsuits challenging the legality of the fund remain pending.

Blanche, during the same hearing, told the subcommittee that the agreement to protect Trump from prosecution related to tax returns filed before the settlement would remain in effect.

“You know, look, and I just want to say this: the Save America PAC [political action committee controlled by Trump] paid you nearly $10 million between March of 2024 and December of 2024 to serve as President Trump’s personal defense attorney,” Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., told Blanche at the hearing.

“My God, don’t you not find there’s any conflict of interest in what you are doing here as the acting attorney general of the United States?” DeLauro asked.

He replied: “What are you saying is a conflict?”

“I don’t understand what you’re saying,” Blanche added.

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