(FILES) Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche swears-in before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2026. The US Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Todd Blanche as attorney general early on August 8, 2026 after Republican lawmakers shrugged off Democratic concerns over politicization of the Department of Justice. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)