President Trump formally nominated his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general. He would succeed Pam Bondi, whom the president fired back in April. The nomination comes just weeks after Blanche used his position at the Justice Department to protect Trump, his family and his business from any IRS investigation connected to tax returns filed before Trump’s controversial $10 billion settlement with the agency. In a statement, Public Citizen Co-President Lisa Gilbert wrote, “This is yet another example of Trump assembling a team of henchmen whose primary qualification is doing his own bidding, rather than serving the nation, to staff the government. Blanche demonstrated his toady qualities throughout his 'audition' for this role, and is being awarded with the leading role as a result.”