Donald Trump shared his plan to nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general during a private White House dinner on Wednesday night. In a video posted on X by Trump’s advisor Dan Scavino, he made this announcement during a dinner in the Rose Garden.

The 79-year-old said, “Tomorrow I’m instructing Dan and everybody else that’s involved in that very complicated process, which is gonna go, I think very quickly, that we are going to make him permanent attorney general.”

Blanche has served as acting attorney general in place of Pam Bondi for two months. This has shown the president that he can handle the job. Earlier Wednesday, CNN reported that the President was expected to nominate Blanche to be the AG.

In addition, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said the President was pleased with Acting General Todd Blanche’s job so far. Critics claim one major reason Bondi was fired is that Trump was allegedly disappointed because she did not indict his political rival.

In a Truth Social post intended as a direct message to Bondi, President Trump expressed frustration over a perceived lack of legal action against his political opponents. The September 20 post was published publicly by mistake. Addressing Bondi familiarly as “Pam,” Trump questioned why former FBI Director James Comey, Senator Adam Schiff, and New York Attorney General Letitia James had not faced charges, asserting they were “guilty” and demanding immediate legal recourse. The 79-year-old stated that delays in prosecuting his opponents were damaging the administration’s credibility and demanded that “justice must be served.”

Another reason is the backlash after the release of the Epstein files, despite Bondi defending Trump several times. The news of Blanche’s nomination comes a day after his hearing before the House Appropriations Committee, where he was questioned about the DOJ’s handling of Epstein files.

He also testified over the abandonment of a billion-dollar anti-weaponization fund. He said, “We are not moving forward with the fund, period.” In the past, Blanche has represented Trump in different cases in 2023 and 2024. This includes the 2020 election interference case and the New York hush money case, in which a jury convicted him on 34 felony counts.

Despite the convictions, Trump was impressed with Blanche’s work, therefore giving him a role in the administration’s justice department. Another case was brought by Jack Smith, which was later abandoned. Blanche also worked under former AG Bondi, where he managed the day-to-day operations of the department. He had a key role in overseeing the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s files.

Blanche started as a paralegal and then worked his way up to the 79-year-old’s inner circle. He worked as a paralegal at the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan. At the age of 51, he attended night classes at Brooklyn Law School. For two years, he was a co-chief of the U.S. attorney’s office’s violent crimes unit. He worked on a range of cases during that time.

Before representing Trump, Blanche worked with Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman. When Blanche was appointed as the acting attorney general, he called it “the greatest honor of a lifetime.” Being a loyal ally to Trump has extended this opportunity for him.