Trump Says Why He Wants His Criminal Lawyer to Run the DOJ

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Trump Gives Away the Game on Why He Wants Todd Blanche as A.G.

Donald Trump made his case for appointing his former personal attorney as attorney general.

Donald Trump has resorted to begging the Senate to confirm acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to officially run the Justice Department.

In a lengthy Truth Social post Tuesday, the president claimed that Blanche was responsible for the lowest murder rates in 125 years but that arrests for violent crime were simultaneously "UP 100" percent.

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"But the main reason Trump wants Blanche for the job came at the end of the post.

The president lauded Blanche"who prior to his stint in the Justice Department served as Trump's personal attorney"for representing him throughout several criminal trials.

Blanche defended Trump in his New York hush-money case, his classified documents case, the federal 2020 presidential election interference case, as well as the Fulton County, Georgia, RICO case.

As an apparent reward for Blanche's ongoing loyalty, Trump gave him a plum position with the Justice Department.

Since then, Blanche has utilized his office to enact Trump's retribution campaign against his perceived enemies, attempted to force through the president's $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund, worked to squash the Epstein files, and has even arrested local officials"such as Newark Mayor Ras Baraka "for attempting to conduct oversight of ICE's regional detention facilities.

"He is a great lawyer, always very fair, and every Republican Senator should vote to CONFIRM Todd Blanche, ASAP!" Trump concluded."

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The first Al Capone Award Winning President!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-07-14 11:30 PM | Reply

Blanch is the first attorney in US history to defend a President against criminal charges. That's a noteworthy achievement.
Of course he is also the first attorney in US history to fail to successfully defend a President against criminal charges which is far less impressive.

#2 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-07-15 02:01 AM | Reply