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    Todd Blanche

    Attorney General of the United States, U.S. Department of Justice

    Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice

    Background

    Todd Blanche is the 88th United States attorney general. He served as acting attorney general from April 2026 until the Senate confirmed him in August.

    Before that, he served as the 40th deputy U.S. attorney general from 2025 to 2026. He was born on August 6, 1974, in Denver, Colorado.

    About U.S. Department of Justice

    U.S. Department of Justice: U.S.

    Key facts

    Current title
    88th United States attorney generalsource
    Senate confirmation
    Senate voted 50-49 to approve his nomination early Saturday morning; he took the oath of office in the Oval Officesource
    Acting attorney general
    Became acting attorney general in April 2026, after Trump fired Pam Bondi as attorney generalsource
    Deputy attorney general
    40th deputy U.S. attorney general, 2025 to 2026source
    Education
    American University, graduated 1996; Brooklyn Law School, graduated 2003source

    WYDE coverage of Todd Blanche

    WYDE Newsroom has published 5 articles about Todd Blanche, from May 1, 2026 to Aug 15, 2026. Todd Blanche is the subject of 2 stories, a named leader in 2 stories and the regulator in 1 story. The most recent is Former SPLC Intelligence Project Director Heidi Beirich Is Charged in the DOJ's $4 Million Donor Fraud Case.

    Philanthropy

    Former SPLC Intelligence Project Director Heidi Beirich Is Charged in the DOJ's $4 Million Donor Fraud Case

    A second superseding indictment unsealed Wednesday adds the former hate group researcher to the criminal case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, which prosecutors say secretly moved more than $4 million in donations to extremist informants.

    Aug 15, 2026 · 3 min read · Regulator

    WYDE Weekly

    Visa built stablecoin rails, Wyoming set a giving record, and the EAT Card hit the App Store. Over 60,000 meals.

    WYDE Weekly: Visa's stablecoin platform, DTCC's first live tokenized trades, the Senate's unanimous no-pardon vote on SBF, WyoGives' record $6.46 million, Lilly's $100 billion endowment, and the EAT Card iOS launch.

    Jul 18, 2026 · 6 min read · Subject of the story

    Crypto & DeFi

    Senators Press AG Nominee Todd Blanche on Crypto Enforcement and the Binance Pardon

    Todd Blanche's Senate confirmation hearing put the disbanded DOJ crypto enforcement unit and the Changpeng Zhao Binance pardon at center stage, with Democrats and Republicans both pressing the acting attorney general.

    Jul 16, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

    Healthcare

    FBI Captures $1.2 Billion Medicare Fraud Fugitive From New Most Wanted List

    Herbert Leon Kimble, who prosecutors say ran a $1.2 billion Medicare fraud scheme using call centers and unnecessary orthopedic braces, was captured in the Philippines, the second arrest off the FBI's new Most Wanted Fraudsters list.

    Jun 23, 2026 · 3 min read · Quoted or named as leader

    Philanthropy

    DOJ Stands Up National Fraud Division and IRS Targets Fiscal Sponsorship in Same Month

    The DOJ launched the National Fraud Enforcement Division on April 7 and Treasury announced revisions to IRS Form 990 on April 23, building the federal infrastructure to surface what on-chain models already publish by default.

    May 1, 2026 · 3 min read · Quoted or named as leader

    Reported alongside Todd Blanche

    Sources

    Follow the money in philanthropy.

    Who gives, who receives, and what it funds. Every week.