Overview
- Todd Blanche is serving as acting attorney general, and the White House has given no timeline for naming a permanent replacement.
- Blanche is widely viewed as the leading candidate to succeed fired attorney general Pam Bondi.
- He has moved quickly to assert control by removing Bondi’s top spokespeople and elevating a close ally to a deputy role at DOJ headquarters.
- Rival factions are promoting Jeanine Pirro and Harmeet K. Dhillon for the post, and both have taken steps to raise their profiles.
- DOJ employees warn the competition could drive extreme moves to impress the president, intensifying concerns about politicized decision-making.