Topline Todd Blanche was confirmed as President Donald Trump's Attorney General in an overnight vote after Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., switched to a "yes" and gave Blanche the last vote he needed for a 50-49 confirmation. It is between Mr. Blanche and another acting attorney general who may not run the department effectively under President Trump, and who indeed may not be as good as Mr. Republicans Murkowski and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, as well as all Democrats, voted against Blanch’s nomination (Sen. Mitch McConnell’s, R-Ky., is still absent from the Senate). crucial quote“I am deeply honored by the trust and confidence President Trump has placed in me to lead the Department of Justice as our great nation’s 88th Attorney General,” Blanche said in a post on X early Saturday. “ Blanche, who was appointed to replace Pam Bondi after Trump fired her in April, can continue serving as interim attorney general while his nomination is pending.