Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche despatched a series of memos to Justice Department staffers Thursday marking his first official day operating the company.
In a memo to the staff obtained by NCS, he wrote, “Our mission here at the Department remains the same today as it was yesterday. President Trump has promised a safe American and will continue to deliver on that promise.”
He additionally thanked former Attorney General Pam Bondi “for her friendship, service, and selfless dedication to our department and country.”
In a separate memo to his staff within the deputy legal professional common’s workplace he revealed he’ll formally transfer into the legal professional common’s fifth flooring workplace on Monday.
Blanche additionally on Thursday introduced a number of staffing adjustments in his workplace — tapping two loyal staffers to key roles. The performing legal professional common posted on X that Trent McCotter will now function principal affiliate deputy legal professional common and that Colin McDonald, who at the moment serves as assistant legal professional common of the Justice Department’s new fraud division, may even proceed to assist in the deputy legal professional common’s workplace whereas persevering with his work in his different function.
Bondi was knowledgeable by President Donald Trump final Wednesday, in the course of the quick drive from the White House to the Supreme Court, that she was being removed as attorney general, NCS reported.
“Nobody has any idea why the attorney general is no longer the attorney general and I’m the acting attorney general except for President Trump,” Blanche stated at his first public press convention Tuesday.
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