WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 15: With his wife Kristine leading the way, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche leaves his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. During Blanche's tenure as acting Attorney General the Justice Department has been under scrutiny for pushing President Trump's 1.8 billion dollar "anti-weaponization" fund and its handling of the Epstein files. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 15: With his wife Kristine looking on, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche leaves his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. During Blanche's tenure as acting Attorney General the Justice Department has been under scrutiny for pushing President Trump's 1.8 billion dollar "anti-weaponization" fund and its handling of the Epstein files. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 15: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) speaks alongside Rand Paul (R-KY) during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on exposing fraud in Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. CEO of O’Keefe Media Group James O'Keefe, conservative YouTuber and influencer Nick Shirley and Acting Vice-President of Policy and Government Affairs at the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette testified about various fraud schemes uncovered across the U.S. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

Marine One carrying US President Donald Trump departs from the Ellipse near the White House (background) in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2026. President Trump is travelling to Carlisle, Pennsylania to attend the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 15: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during the confirmation hearing for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. During Blanche's tenure as acting Attorney General the Justice Department has been under scrutiny for pushing President Trump's 1.8 billion dollar "anti-weaponization" fund and its handling of the Epstein files. (Photo by Eric Lee/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 15: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during the confirmation hearing for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. During Blanche's tenure as acting Attorney General the Justice Department has been under scrutiny for pushing President Trump's 1.8 billion dollar "anti-weaponization" fund and its handling of the Epstein files. (Photo by Eric Lee/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 15: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during the confirmation hearing for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. During Blanche's tenure as acting Attorney General the Justice Department has been under scrutiny for pushing President Trump's 1.8 billion dollar "anti-weaponization" fund and its handling of the Epstein files. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

US Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, speaks as US Senator Ted Cruz, Republican from Texas, looks on as Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2026. President Donald Trump's pick to be the next US attorney general -- his former personal defense lawyer Todd Blanche -- faces what is expected to be a contentious Senate nomination hearing on Wednesday. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)