Todd Blanche: podcast appearances and interviews

Todd Wallace Blanche, born August 6, 1974, is an American attorney and former prosecutor who currently serves as the acting United States attorney general. He assumed this role in April 2026 following the dismissal of the previous attorney general. Blanche has held the position of United States deputy attorney general since January 2025 and temporarily served as the acting librarian of Congress starting in May 2025, a role whose legality has been disputed. Blanche graduated from American University in 1994 and from Brooklyn Law School in 2003. He worked for eight years in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, specifically in the violent crimes division. In 2017, he became a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. During his career, Blanche has represented individuals connected to former President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, including Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, businessman Igor Fruman, and attorney Boris Epshteyn. He was hired by Trump in 2023 to defend him during the District Attorney's Office prosecution related to hush-money payments and later defended him in federal cases involving classified documents and election obstruction. Blanche led Trump's defense in his criminal trial. Following Trump's electoral victory in 2024, he was nominated and confirmed as deputy attorney general and was subsequently appointed acting librarian of Congress. In April 2026, Blanche became acting attorney general after the firing of Pam Bondi and was later nominated by Trump to serve as the attorney general.