Trump Says He Plans to Make Blanche ‘Permanent Attorney General’

President Donald Trump announced that he planned to soon make Todd Blanche “permanent attorney general” months after he assumed that post in an acting capacity, according to a video posted by a White House aide on Wednesday night.

Blanche, a former personal lawyer to Trump, has been leading the Justice Department since the president dismissed Attorney General Pam Bondi in early April. Before that, he had been Bondi’s chief deputy.

The video, posted by Dan Scavino, an assistant to the president, showed Trump making the announcement during a Rose Garden event. CNN and Politico reported earlier that Trump ...