Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche gets the ultimate reward from Trump,

and I've got two interviews, the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, Robert Garcia,

and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Iowa, Josh Turrick.

I'm Brian Tyler Cohen, and you're listening to No Lie.

So we have all watched as Todd Blanche performed for an audience of one during this week's congressional hearings,

pretending that the immunity deal that he signed for Trump that would prevent the federal government from ever auditing him or his family again was somehow not exactly what it is,

pretending that the DOJ is complying with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, even though they've sat on three million documents.

If you watch that and thought, this is clearly an audition, not only were you right,

but it looks like Todd Blanche booked the role.

Trump came out into the Rose Garden and made this announcement.

He's acting attorney general.

Tomorrow, I'm instructing Dan and everybody else that's involved in that very complicated process,

which is going to go, I think,

very quickly, that we are going to make him permanent attorney general.

And of course, Blanche had this to say in response.

Obviously, I'm honored and humbled that the president indicated he was going to nominate me

today. I was with him last night at the dinner when he said that.

I was confirmed a year ago to be the Deputy Attorney General.

I still have the Deputy Attorney General.

I will work with the Senators.

I have a good relationship with the Senate of both sides.

I don't say no to phone calls.

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