Overview
- The Wall Street Journal reported that Sean Hannity and former Marvel chairman Ike Perlmutter are urging President Trump to appoint Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as attorney general.
- DeSantis told the Journal he has not asked for a position and said he wants the country and the president to do well.
- Axios has reported that DeSantis voiced interest during a private Mar-a-Lago lunch, with Trump telling a confidant the governor was begging for the job.
- Todd Blanche remains acting attorney general after Pam Bondi’s removal and has pursued high-profile moves, including indicting former FBI Director James Comey over an Instagram post and filing fraud charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center.
- Axios has reported Blanche has roughly 90 days to prove he should keep the post, and the White House did not respond to the Journal’s request for comment.