MIKE DAVIS: Chuck Grassley's behind-the-scenes work proved decisive in Todd Blanche confirmation fight

By voting to corroborate Todd Blanche arsenic the 88th Attorney General of the United States, Senate Republicans delivered a large triumph for President Donald Trump, the American radical and the regularisation of law. Blanche volition fulfill President Trump’s mandate to Make America Safe Again. The cardinal furniture confirmation provides much-needed unity and momentum for Trump and Senate Republicans — and a bully accidental for Trump to hard-reset his narration with the Senate, truthful they tin spell connected discourtesy this fall.

Blanche’s proven way grounds arsenic the lawman and acting lawyer wide leaves nary uncertainty that Trump nominated the close man, astatine the close time, for the close job. But with afloat Democrat opposition, Blanche’s confirmation process was tougher than it should person been fixed his unmatched acquisition and sterling qualifications. Blanche is simply a longtime erstwhile national authoritative successful the astir prestigious U.S. attorney’s bureau and Big Law spouse successful New York City who enactment everything connected the enactment to support Trump against Biden’s unprecedented, republic-ending lawfare. Blanche helped Trump bushed this. Trump present sits successful the White House alternatively of a national situation cell, moving our state alternatively of appealing his bogus convictions.

For the past 17 months, Blanche has brought reforms and accountability to the Justice Department — truthful the Democrats’ politicized and weaponized injustice ne'er happens again. These reforms and accountability indispensable and volition continue. Blanche volition proceed to instrumentality the Justice Department backmost to its astir important basics: arresting, prosecuting and imprisoning convulsive criminals, authorities fraudsters and different existent criminals — alternatively of hunting down parents, Christians and different governmental opponents similar we witnessed nether the Obama and Biden Justice Departments.

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FILE - Todd Blanche, nominee for U.S. lawman lawyer general, testifies earlier the Senate Judiciary Committee successful Washington, D.C., connected February 12. (Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Getting present wasn’t easy. There were bumps successful the roadworthy and moments erstwhile the confirmation looked similar it could stall. The crushed it didn’t, and the crushed Blanche is present America’s confirmed lawyer general, is Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, president of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

When the information deed headwinds from Senators John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., some of whom raised good-faith concerns, it was Grassley who stepped in. He meditated. He bridged the gap. He kept each parties astatine the table. And helium got the woody done.

Likewise, erstwhile Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., had principled objections to DOJ policy, helium worked with Grassley, different Senate colleagues and the Trump medication to find a workable resolution. Susie Wiles, Trump’s highly respected White House main of staff, is ever the invaluable glue.

Blanche closed the woody with his idiosyncratic diplomacy, arsenic helium demonstrated to Cassidy helium is uniquely qualified. Cassidy deserves large recognition for his willingness to enactment his state implicit idiosyncratic differences. That’s what the Senate process looks similar erstwhile it works. And it worked present due to the fact that the close radical were successful the close roles.

No 1 did much to get Blanche confirmed than Grassley. Grassley works; Grassley delivers — particularly for Trump. Whether it is nominations, taxes, commercialized oregon astir each the remainder of Trump’s top Senate accomplishments, Grassley is the key. He ne'er brags astir it. Grassley conscionable softly works hard and gets the occupation done.

FILE - Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa and president of the Senate Judiciary Committee, convened the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for a ballot connected Blanche's nomination. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

This is Grassley’s 4th Republican lawyer wide he’s confirmed arsenic president of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He brought much than 4 decades of organization cognition and acquisition from moving connected much than 15 lawyer wide nominations since joining the committee. Grassley knows however to determination a information done a committee afloat of competing agendas and a swamp property corps bare for a Republican scalp.

In a municipality afloat of politicians looking to instrumentality recognition for others’ work, Grassley stands out. He’s a enactment horse, not a amusement horse. Grassley exemplifies Iowa humility, truthful idiosyncratic other has to brag for him. Blanche is present lawyer wide acknowledgment to Grassley. And present Blanche tin get backmost to work, afloat Senate confirmed, continuing to assistance Trump Make America Safe Again.

The numbers don’t lie. The U.S. is approaching the lowest execution complaint recorded since astatine slightest 1900. That’s according to the FBI’s ain data, backed by the Council connected Criminal Justice’s uncovering of a 21% driblet successful homicides from 2024 to 2025, with different 18% driblet successful the archetypal fractional of 2026. We are surviving done a historical illness successful convulsive transgression connected President Trump’s watch.

Migrant encounters astatine the confederate borderline deed their lowest level successful much than 50 years, down from implicit 2 cardinal nether Biden to numbers not seen since 1970, according to Pew Research. We person power of our borders. Drug smuggling networks are being dismantled. Human traffickers are being prosecuted. Dangerous criminals — the ones Obama and Biden were excessively engaged targeting conservatives to really prosecute — are being enactment away.

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Biden and Obama treated the Department of Justice arsenic a governmental weapon. And they pointed it astatine Trump. They pointed it astatine his allies. They pointed it astatine parents astatine schoolhouse committee meetings. They pointed it astatine Christians. Real criminals walked escaped portion Democrats weaponized national instrumentality enforcement against their governmental enemies for non-crimes. That ends with Todd Blanche.

Blanche is bringing existent accountability — not the partisan, weaponized benignant Obama and Biden practiced. He is reversing the politicization of the DOJ, not continuing it. His priorities are clear: prosecute amerciable aliens, quality traffickers, cause traffickers and unsafe criminals. Protect the American people. Hold atrocious actors accountable, including the ones successful government. Never usage the DOJ arsenic a partisan sword. Ever. Again.

Trump made a bold prime successful nominating Blanche. Not due to the fact that Blanche isn’t qualified — he’s much qualified than anyone other for this role. But due to the fact that the near was going to travel astatine him hard, re-litigating each lawsuit and each decision. They tried. It didn’t work.

FILE - President Donald Trump tapped Todd Blanche, his erstwhile idiosyncratic defence attorney, to tally the U.S. Department of Justice. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Trump’s instinct was right, arsenic usual. He saw successful Blanche what those of america successful this combat person ever seen: a antheral of genuine courage, heavy acquisition and unshakeable committedness to the regularisation of law.

Blanche is the close man, for the close job, astatine the close infinitesimal successful American history. He is simply a bold and fearless warrior for the Constitution who gave up millions successful aboriginal net to basal successful a courtroom and support President Trump against the astir weaponized, politically-motivated ineligible battle successful American history. He bled for this combat and helium won. That is the benignant of idiosyncratic you privation moving the Department of Justice. And present the Senate has confirmed him.

America deserves a DOJ that fights for Americans, not for the governmental class, not for Democrat donors, not for the deep-state bureaucrats who spent decades gathering a instrumentality that answers to nary one. Blanche is going to alteration that. He already has.

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Thankfully, Trump and Grassley made definite helium got the chance.