Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has been temporarily appointed by President Donald Trump to serve as acting librarian of Congress.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday confirmed the acting appointment in an emailed statement to NTD, sister media of The Epoch Times.
The president’s acting appointment means that Blanche temporarily replaces longtime librarian Carla Hayden, who Trump fired on the evening of May 8. A permanent replacement for the position will require Senate confirmation.
Blanche was the lead attorney representing Trump in his criminal trial in 2024 in which the former president was found guilty of lying about business records for indirect non-disclosure payments to Stephanie Clifford, an adult film actress who lost a civil defamation lawsuit against Trump. Following Blanche’s work on the case, Trump nominated his former attorney to serve as deputy attorney general in the DOJ when he was elected to a second term in the White House....
