President Trump is moving to lock in his man at the top of the Justice Department. On Wednesday evening, Trump announced he is nominating acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve permanently in the role. Blanche has been running DOJ in an acting capacity, and Trump made clear he wants it made official fast. This is a reward for a loyal, proven leader who has carried the President’s agenda inside a department that spent years weaponized against him. And right on cue, RINO Senator Thom Tillis is already throwing cold water on the pick. Washington Examiner reporter David Sivak posted Tillis signaling respect for Blanche while drawing a confirmation red line over January 6. Tillis told me today he has a lot of “respect” for Blanche and credits him with de-escalating the impasse over Jerome Powell “Todd was instrumental in kind of de-escalating the whole Powell matter.” But Tillis reiterated his red line on Jan. 6, calling it a “circuit breaker”… https://t.co/RcOQ1kyRZZ — David Sivak (@DISivak) June 4, 2026 The Gateway Pundit broke the news Wednesday night, reporting that Trump told guests at a Rose Garden event he would move to make Blanche permanent attorney general. The Associated Press confirmed the nomination move: President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, tapping his former personal lawyer who has aggressively pursued the Republican president’s agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role. Trump said at a dinner at the White House that he plans to nominate Blanche formally on Thursday, according to a video of the event posted on social media by a White House aide. “We are going to make him permanent attorney general,” Trump said at the Rose Garden event. Blanche sought quickly to position himself as the favorite for the permanent job after Pam Bondi’s firing in April, accelerating investigations into Trump foes and announcing a nearly $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate the president’s allies for alleged political persecution. A former federal prosecutor in New York, Blanche came to public prominence for his lead role on Trump’s defense team. Blanche knows the lawfare playbook from the inside. He sat at the defense table as Trump’s personal attorney during the New York prosecution, and now he runs the same Justice Department that was turned into a political weapon. That experience is exactly why Trump trusts him to keep the cleanup going. Fox News also confirmed the President wants the process moving quickly, reporting that Trump said the formal nomination process would begin Thursday. The formal nomination is set to go up Thursday, after which it heads to the Senate for confirmation. That is where Tillis comes in. Tillis told Sivak he has “respect” for Blanche and credits him with de-escalating the standoff over Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. “Todd was instrumental in kind of de-escalating the whole Powell matter,” Tillis said. But Tillis is calling January 6 a “circuit breaker,” which means he is already laying down a marker before the nomination even lands. That is the same tired establishment move that has slowed Trump’s picks for years. The paperwork is only the first step. The Senate fight is the next one. But Trump has made his choice, and he picked a loyalist who has stood next to him through the worst of the lawfare era. Now the only question is whether enough Republicans get out of the way and let the President have the attorney general he wants.