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Todd Blanche was sworn in as attorney general at the White House on Monday after the Senate narrowly voted to confirm the president’s former defense lawyer to helm the Justice Department over the weekend.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted a video of Blanche taking the oath of office in the Oval Office. Judge Emil Bove, who served alongside Blanche on Mr. Trump’s legal defense team before Bove was appointed to the federal bench, administered the oath as the president looked on.
Blanche has served as the acting attorney general since Pam Bondi’s ouster in April, after working as deputy attorney general. He was formally nominated as the nation’s top law enforcement official in June.
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