Todd Blanche
US Attorney General.
Blanche took office as Attorney General on 10 August 2026 after serving as Deputy Attorney General and Acting Attorney General. His career includes federal prosecution and criminal defence.
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Todd Blanche is an American lawyer whose career includes federal prosecution, criminal defence and senior Justice Department leadership. He began at the department as an intern and later worked as a paralegal while attending Brooklyn Law School at night. He returned to the Southern District of New York as an Assistant US Attorney, with supervisory roles that included the Violent Crimes Unit and the White Plains Division.
After leaving government, Blanche practised criminal defence in New York for more than a decade. His clients included Donald Trump in three criminal cases brought in 2023 and 2024. He became Deputy Attorney General in March 2025, later served as Acting Attorney General and was sworn in as Attorney General on 10 August 2026.
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