{"id":134602,"date":"2026-08-08T14:19:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/08\/senate-confirms-todd-blanche-trumps-former-defense-lawyer-as-attorney-general-cbs-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:19:29","slug":"senate-confirms-todd-blanche-trumps-former-defense-lawyer-as-attorney-general-cbs-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/08\/senate-confirms-todd-blanche-trumps-former-defense-lawyer-as-attorney-general-cbs-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate confirms Todd Blanche, Trump&#8217;s former defense lawyer, as attorney general &#8211; CBS News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTE92a1RkcTN1SEZLbUdIRW5QNkNCeFcyQ3o2WjFVN2NvZGtwa3JuVWZjd253azVxUzFRbGJrWTBkTjFGSHJHWDJiLWZtNkdIcXdNck1JYlNjTVZWTHZ2blZyNlNUX0FHTW1LVXVlV25JRnQteFJSSU1z?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Senate confirms Todd Blanche, Trump&#8217;s former defense lawyer, as attorney general<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxOMmVpNHRNcTA5WENJOW9pR19kb0oyOW0xRTdjeHhJMDhGVVlhQWRQcTd0VUVhcmxYbXh4RVJsMjZOZ1NiZmxBaVU4bE15eUxWZEVPcVJzdThPWXY1RWoxT0o3MExBOHotSUlXNWU0Nnd0SHItQjJxVUZZa3g0VEx6R3lB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Blanche confirmed as attorney general at a Justice Department shaped to serve Trump<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxPakNjVVZNRVBXRHVFNDViX3BRSWwzMlVNNldYOEJNUUo5UDl4UFgwWFBfUWcxaFhRdEl4SmVPM0dlRzZ4Z2p4NmNMU0JyUTlUTFJqQTNoVzdzTFk1NmZTdFhUWmhsRXIyMk94OFNRNDJibVMwZUFIQWVYRlA2U2FCeFppQmVwY25OM2NlcUEySXhpSGNjdGdV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">In Confirming Blanche, Senators Endorse a Justice Dept. Under Trump\u2019s Sway<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2wFBVV95cUxPVHZnSlpTOV8zczlnekFyQ1BqYjh5VWROTjJDWGMwTVZOcFFXWTFwLXFxeFJOVWlzQ1dOekdsUUVoOG1mY0lOb1JHME1jazJpdWMyZXoxTVctaG5Yd0Yta3FfNDIzaWx1TlVnMUpMbUNNUm9vaTlvTUt1WDJlT3EzUnRpaTFkT1M0bFk3QmFJVnFHY05YTzVDRWZCZ0lWY3ZORVRXczcyMEo2ZkdqOXBwS0lfZDFvZHF2WVd1TWZkbWZPejB5bk91bXl4MFh4QjJfclVkQjVhUXdsVWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Blanche confirmation allows Trump to continue \u2018pervasive, breathtaking corruption\u2019, says Schumer \u2013 US politics live<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxQQnpPSGZBMTlnbk91TjcxVjkxUHhvaHF6YVpsbnVQclBOT2hvVGZWUks1LVBsU29CTG4tQ1RBMmdjMXNXZGstTXRuUUFrX1dHb3M0QTdObUt5QTFhX3V5MHV2emZZRWtrT1FEc0J4cTVtOWUtYWJ0X2taOVFWaEVmazBjdGxKaFdpYTdWanh2WVZZdTNzLUg2SHByY2ZsTlJOVEtYMDVUOHk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Once More Cassidy Had the Deciding Vote. Once More He Folded.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Mother Jones<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate confirms Todd Blanche, Trump&#8217;s former defense lawyer, as attorney general&nbsp;&nbsp;CBS News Blanche confirmed as attorney general at a Justice Department shaped to serve Trump&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/08\/senate-confirms-todd-blanche-trumps-former-defense-lawyer-as-attorney-general-cbs-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}