Donald Trump’s Acting Attorney General is Todd Blanche. Blanche stepped in as Acting AG when Trump fired Pam Bondi in early April, in what was likely a decision made entirely because of Bondi’s lies and dithering over the Epstein Files. Blanche has benefited from being a milquetoast white man, but he’s been making headlines for […]
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