President calls for former personal defense lawyer to be ‘immediately approved’ as attorney general Donald Trump has defended controversial plans for a $1. 8bn slush fund even as they threaten to derail the nomination of his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche for US attorney general. Blanche “s...

Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/31/trump-slush-fund-todd-blanche)

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