Administration
Todd Blanche
Attorney General
Todd Blanche is the 88th Attorney General of the United States, sworn in on August 10, 2026. He was previously the 40th Deputy Attorney General, a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York and a defense attorney.
Background
Biography
Todd Blanche was born on August 6, 1974, in Denver, Colorado. He received his bachelor’s degree from American University in 1996 and a law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 2003, working as a paralegal at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York while attending law school at night. The Justice Department says he served at the department for nearly fifteen years, including eight as a federal prosecutor, becoming co-chief of the Violent Crimes Unit and the White Plains Division.
Blanche moved to private practice in 2014 and was a partner at firms including WilmerHale and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. His White House biography says his work as a criminal defense attorney included representing Donald Trump in three of the criminal cases brought against him in 2023 and 2024.
He was the 40th Deputy Attorney General from 2025 to 2026 and served as Attorney General in an acting capacity in 2026. He was confirmed on August 8, 2026, and sworn in as the 88th Attorney General on August 10, 2026.
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