Bill Barr calls on Senate GOP to confirm Todd Blanche for attorney general

President Donald Trump‘s first-term Attorney General Bill Barr is making an aggressive public push for Senate Republicans to confirm Todd Blanche as the nation’s next attorney general, arguing the president’s acting Justice Department chief is the best person to lead the department.

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed published Thursday, Barr wrote that Blanche is “well-qualified” to lead the DOJ permanently, calling him the best person to carry out Trump’s legal and law enforcement agenda while providing “much-needed leadership and stability.”