Chuck Grassley's quiet work confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley played a decisive behind-the-scenes role in confirming Todd Blanche as the 88th Attorney General of the United States, overcoming full Democrat opposition to deliver a major victory for President Donald Trump and the rule of law. Blanche, a former federal prosecutor who defended Trump against what many conservatives call political lawfare, was confirmed by the Senate on August 8, 2026.
Blanche's confirmation marks a pivotal moment for the Trump administration, providing momentum and unity as the White House pushes its Make America Safe Again agenda. With a proven track record as deputy and acting attorney general, Blanche is widely seen as the right person for the job. But the path to confirmation was tougher than expected, given his unmatched experience and sterling qualifications.
Blanche is a longtime former federal prosecutor from the prestigious U.S. Attorney's Office in New York and a former Big Law partner. He put everything on the line to defend Trump against what many call Biden's unprecedented, republic-ending lawfare. Trump beat those charges and now sits in the White House instead of a federal prison cell.
For the last 17 months, Blanche has brought reforms and accountability to the Department of Justice, ensuring that the politicized and weaponized justice system of the Obama and Biden years never happens again. His priorities are clear: arrest, prosecute, and imprison violent criminals, government fraudsters, and real criminals instead of hunting down parents, Christians, and political opponents.
Grassley bridged the gap when confirmation stalled
Getting Blanche confirmed wasn't easy. There were bumps in the road and moments when the confirmation looked like it could stall. The reason it didn't, and the reason Blanche is now America's confirmed attorney general, is Senator Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee.
When objections arose from Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, both of whom raised good-faith concerns, it was Grassley who stepped in. He mediated. He bridged the gap. He kept all parties at the table. And he got the deal done.
Likewise, when Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana had principled objections to DOJ policy, he worked with Grassley, other Senate colleagues, and the Trump administration to find a workable resolution. Susie Wiles, Trump's highly respected chief of staff, also played a key role as the invaluable glue.
Blanche closed the deal with his personal diplomacy, demonstrating to Cassidy that he is uniquely qualified. Cassidy deserves great credit for his willingness to put country over personal differences. That is what the Senate process looks like when it works. And it worked here because the right people were in the right roles.
Grassley delivers for Trump, quietly and effectively
No one did more to secure Blanche's confirmation than Chuck Grassley. Grassley works. Grassley delivers, especially for President Trump. Whether it is nominations, taxes, trade, or almost all of Trump's greatest Senate accomplishments, Grassley is the key. He never brags about it. He just quietly works hard and gets the job done.
This is Grassley's fourth Republican attorney general he has confirmed as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He brought more than four decades of institutional knowledge and experience from working on more than fifteen attorney general nominations since joining the committee. Grassley knows how to move a nomination through a committee full of competing agendas and a press corps hungry for a Republican scalp.
In a town full of politicians looking to take credit for others' work, Grassley stands out. He is a workhorse, not a show horse. Grassley exemplifies Iowa humility, so someone else has to brag for him. Blanche is now attorney general thanks to Grassley's quiet, effective work.
Crime is down dramatically under Trump
The numbers don't lie. The United States is approaching the lowest murder rate recorded since at least 1900. That is according to the FBI's own data, backed by the Council on Criminal Justice's finding of a 21% drop in homicides from 2024 to 2025, with another 18% drop in the first half of 2026. We are living through a historic collapse in violent crime on President Trump's watch.
Illegal border crossings have hit their lowest level in more than 50 years, down from over two million under Biden to numbers not seen since 1970, according to Pew Research. We have control of our borders. Drug smuggling networks are being dismantled. Human traffickers are being prosecuted. Dangerous criminals the ones Obama and Biden were too busy targeting conservatives to actually pursue are being put away.
Blanche ends the weaponization of DOJ
Biden and Obama treated the Department of Justice as a political weapon. They pointed it at Trump. They pointed it at his allies. They pointed it at parents at school board meetings. They pointed it at Christians. Real criminals walked free while Democrats weaponized federal law enforcement against their political enemies for non-crimes. That ends with Todd Blanche.
Blanche is bringing real accountability, not the partisan, weaponized kind Obama and Biden practiced. He is reversing politicization, not continuing it. His priorities are clear: prosecute illegal aliens, human traffickers, drug traffickers, and dangerous criminals. Protect the American people. Hold bad actors accountable, including the ones in government. Never use the DOJ as a partisan sword. Ever. Again.
Trump's bold choice was the right one
Trump made a bold choice in nominating Blanche. Not because Blanche isn't qualified he is more qualified than anyone else for this role. But because the left was going to come at him hard, re-litigating every case and every decision. They tried. It didn't work.
Trump's instinct was right, as usual. He saw in Blanche what those of us in this fight have always seen: a man of genuine courage, deep experience, and unshakeable commitment to the rule of law. Blanche is the right man, for the right job, at the right moment in American history. He is a bold and fearless warrior for the Constitution who gave up millions in future earnings to stand in a courtroom and defend President Trump against the most weaponized, politically motivated legal assault in American history. He bled for this fight and he won. That is the kind of person you want running the Department of Justice. And now the Senate has confirmed him.
America deserves a DOJ that fights for Americans, not for the political class, not for Democrat donors, not for the deep-state bureaucrats who spent decades building a machine that answers to no one. Blanche is going to change that. He already has. Thankfully, Trump and Grassley made sure he got the chance.