Todd Blanche could stay atop DOJ for months even without Senate confirmation
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- Publish Date:
- April 27, 2026
- Author(s):
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- Orden, Erica ,
- Stokols, Eli
- Source:
- Politico
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Summary
But Anne Joseph O’Connell, a Stanford Law School professor, said the statute does not impose time limits and that Blanche could serve the remainder of Trump’s term without Senate confirmation.
She pointed out that during Joe Biden’s presidency, Julie Su served as acting Labor secretary under a Labor Department succession provision for nearly two years. Su was dubbed Biden’s “forever nominee.”
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