Trump's Blanche Pick for Acting AG: A Loyalty Purge?

0:00It's April 3rd. You're listening to Durham News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Cory with the story. President Trump just tapped Todd Blance to step in as acting attorney general. This 51-year-old lawyer, who defended Trump in the New York Hush Money Case and federal probes, got bumped up from his number two spot at the Justice Department. Blance started as a prosecutor in New York, then went private before jumping into Trump's legal battles. Under Trump's re-election, those cases against them got dropped fast. Jack Smith's election interference in classified docks probes vanished under DOJ. Rules. Blanche backed probes into Trump's critics like James Comey and cheered immigration crackdowns. At the conservative political action conference last week, he boasted about firing over 200 officials linked to Trump investigations and praised the day one, pardons for January 6th defendants. Blanche are fuming, calling it a loyalty purge that packs the DOJ with Trump. Yes, men.

1:01Blanche shrugged it off as CPAC, welcoming pressure from MAGA fans on X to do more. He said it motivates him, insisting no one's left from the old Trump prosecution team. Blanche stirred buzz with a two-day interview of Galein Maxwell in prison, where she denied any Epstein client list or blackmail schemes. Files got released after a house push, but survivors slammed the messy rollout with reduction errors. The DOJ says her prison transfer was for safety, not favors. Blanche thanked Trump on X, vowing to back the blue and keep America safe. With acting rules giving up to 210 days extendable by nomination, this sets up big moves ahead at justice.