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Fifty Days, Fifty Scandals: The Corruption Record Behind Todd Blanche’s Nomination

By July 28, 2026July 30th, 2026No Comments

Confirmation won’t discipline Todd Blanche. It will free him.

In the fifty days since Donald Trump nominated Todd Blanche to serve as Attorney General on June 8, 2026, a new headline has emerged every single day documenting corruption, self-dealing, or impunity involving the president, his family, or the Justice Department that Blanche has led on an acting basis. This is not a record Blanche has run from – it’s the record he’s built. And if the Senate confirms him, it’s the record he’ll be free to expand, with almost no one left to check him.

Cabinet nominees are typically counseled to keep a low profile during their confirmation process. Todd Blanche has not followed that playbook, because he hasn’t had to. As acting Attorney General, he has led a Department that has already been rebuffed by a judge on the J6 slush fund, been forced to withdraw unlawful subpoenas of journalists, dropped cases against the well-connected while continuing the Epstein cover-up, and shielded the president’s family from scrutiny, all without Senate confirmation standing in his way. Confirming him doesn’t rein that in. It removes the last remaining check. With the Senate Judiciary Committee set to vote as soon as July 30, senators must ask themselves not just what Blanche has done, but what he’ll do once there’s no confirmation vote left to answer for.

Here is the day-by-day record since Blanche’s nomination:

JUNE 2026

JULY 2026