{"id":2614789,"date":"2026-06-16T19:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/todd-blanche-hearing-set-for-july\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T19:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:18:37","slug":"todd-blanche-hearing-set-for-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/todd-blanche-hearing-set-for-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd Blanche hearing set for July"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftodd-blanche-hearing-set-for-july%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2614789&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled confirmation hearings for Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche on July 15 and 16, amid expectations of a highly contentious process during President Donald Trump\u2019s second term. Chairman Chuck grassley confirmed the timeline after meeting with Blanche and noted that the committee received his paperwork late last week,allowing the hearings to proceed. The hearings will include testimonies from Blanche,the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >current acting attorney general<\/a>,and an expert panel.<\/p>\n<p>Blanche, who has served as deputy attorney general and acting attorney general, was formally nominated by Trump earlier this month. He has been meeting privately with senators, including Republicans who are undecided or may oppose him, such as Thom Tillis and Susan Collins. Major concerns involve Blanche\u2019s past associations with Trump, his defense of controversial proposals like a $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, and his close ties to Trump\u2019s legal matters, which have raised questions about his independence.<\/p>\n<p>While some republicans like grassley have expressed support, Democrats are expected to oppose the nomination. Grassley highlighted Blanche\u2019s previous Senate confirmation and voiced confidence in his support, emphasizing that Blanche would be expected to cooperate with congressional oversight if confirmed. The committee aims to hold a two-day hearing, with a potential Senate vote before the August recess, depending on the process.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/\">Senate Judiciary Committee<\/a> scheduled <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/todd-blanche\/\">Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche\u2019s<\/a> confirmation hearing for July 15 and 16, setting the stage for what is expected to be one of the most politically charged Cabinet confirmation fights of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Judiciary Chairman Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-grassley\/\">Chuck Grassley (R-IA) <\/a>confirmed the timeline Tuesday after meeting with Blanche, saying the committee was able to move forward after receiving the nominee\u2019s paperwork late last week.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4609588\/trump-brian-kemp-georgia-gop-runoff-2026\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump and Kemp play kingmaker as Georgia voters head to the polls<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4609543\/dan-sullivan-same-name-alaska-senate-ineligible\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Dan Sullivan\u2019s challenger with same name ruled ineligible for Senate primary<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4604445\/republicans-midterm-convention-trump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Republicans build midterm convention around Trump to bolster turnout<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy the way, I think we can announce today that we\u2019re having the hearing\u00a0July 15, because we just got his papers last night,\u201d Grassley told reporters. He added that, barring any unexpected opposition, Blanche could possibly advance before the Senate leaves for the August recess.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee is planning a two-day hearing process, according to sources familiar with the matter, with Blanche, the deputy attorney general and current acting attorney general, expected to testify on the first day, followed by an expert witness panel on July 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scheduling comes after Blanche submitted the key nomination paperwork required to trigger the committee\u2019s 28-day waiting period, clearing the way for Republicans to move ahead with the hearing next month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blanche has been serving in the role in an acting capacity since<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/4514303\/trump-justice-department-credibility-pam-bondi-fired\/\"> former Attorney General Pam Bondi resigned earlier this year.<\/a> Trump formally nominated him to permanently lead the department earlier this month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blanche spent Tuesday meeting privately with senators across Capitol Hill, including several Republicans viewed as possible skeptics or swing votes on his nomination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Democrats expected to uniformly oppose Blanche, Republicans have little room for defections in committee. Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and John Cornyn (R-TX), both members of the Judiciary Committee, have not yet publicly committed to supporting the nomination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tillis said Tuesday he is still vetting Blanche and plans to meet with him next week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo, I\u2019m meeting with him next week, and we\u2019re just going through the vetting process right now,\u201d Tillis said when asked whether he had decided how to vote. \u201cI haven\u2019t seen anything that, from a January 6 perspective, that would be a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Tillis indicated he remains concerned about Blanche\u2019s now-withdrawn proposal for a $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, which critics argued could have been used to target political adversaries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019ll be an issue if the weaponization fund isn\u2019t effectively dead by the confirmation hearing,\u201d Tillis said. \u201cI\u2019ve still got a real problem with it being out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), another closely watched Republican vote who\u2019s in a battleground Senate race, said Blanche assured her the proposal would not move forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had an extensive discussion on the anti-weaponization fund, which he has assured me with no equivocation at all that he is not for it, will not pursue it, will not exist,\u201d Collins told reporters following a meeting with Blanche.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grassley struck a more optimistic tone about Blanche\u2019s prospects, noting the nominee previously cleared the Senate as deputy attorney general.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI haven\u2019t had any negative comments from anybody that voted for him as deputy, and he got all the votes,\u201d Grassley said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His close relationship with Trump, whom Blanche represented in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-a-not-so-modest-proposal-bring-back-public-executions\/\" title=\"Here&#039;s A Not-So-Modest Proposal: Bring Back Public Executions\">multiple high-profile criminal<\/a> and civil matters, has fueled concerns among Democrats about whether he could act independently as the nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-whitmer-ally-rejects-call-for-investigation-gop-hints-at-funding-special-prosecutor\/\" title=\"After Whitmer Ally Rejects Call For Investigation, GOP Hints At Funding Special Prosecutor\">top law enforcement official<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his Senate questionnaire, Blanche said he left his law firm in 2023 \u201cprimarily to represent President Donald Trump\u201d in the Manhattan hush money case involving Stormy Daniels. He also represented Trump in the prosecutions brought by former special counsel Jack Smith and advised him in several additional investigations and civil matters between 2023 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blanche has already faced scrutiny during his time at the Justice Department, including criticism over the anti-weaponization fund. More recently, reports that the DOJ is investigating Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), a prominent Trump political rival, have drawn attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following his meeting with Blanche, Grassley released a statement praising the nominee and signaling support for moving the process ahead quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI appreciate the opportunity to sit down again with Todd Blanche, who\u2019s spent the last year and a half supporting President Trump\u2019s mission of law and order as Deputy Attorney General and now Acting Attorney General,\u201d Grassley said in the statement. \u201cBlanche is prepared to build on that success and continue working hard to keep American families safe as the next Attorney General.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4609907\/blanche-grassley-attorney-general-confirmation\/\"><strong>BLANCHE MEETS WITH GRASSLEY AS HE LOOKS TO SECURE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONFIRMATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grassley also said he expects Blanche to cooperate with congressional oversight requests if confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn all my years of congressional oversight, this Department of Justice has been the most responsive to my oversight requests \u2014 but there\u2019s still more work to be done and more records to be produced,\u201d Grassley said. \u201cI expect Blanche to respond to my outstanding requests for records, so the American people get the transparency and accountability they deserve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI look forward to moving ahead with Blanche\u2019s nomination, and anticipate chairing his hearing in July,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate sets July 15-16 hearing for Todd Blanche&#8217;s AG nomination<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2614790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26166722996330.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[42708,81265,81266,33211,51594],"class_list":["post-2614789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-court-proceedings","tag-hearing-update","tag-july-schedule","tag-legal-news","tag-todd-blanche"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26166722996330.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2614789"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2614793,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614789\/revisions\/2614793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2614790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2614789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2614789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2614789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}