The Blanche Loyalty Test | Trump's Lawyer Takes the DOJ — June 4, 2026
6/4/202611 min
Trump is making his own defense lawyer, Todd Blanche, the permanent Attorney General. Adam Kinzinger breaks down what two months of loyalty bought at the DOJ, the House's historic 215-208 vote to end the Iran war, new Medicaid work requirements that could strip coverage from 5 million people, Spencer Pratt's stunning surge in the LA mayor's race, and how California's slow vote count is feeding the election deniers.
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First 90 secondsAdam Kinzinger· Host0:00
[gentle music] Well, everybody, welcome back. We're gonna call this Last Day of Hotel News. It's good to be with you. So today, we start with the DOJ, where Donald Trump announced that he's making his own personal defense lawyer the permanent attorney general of the United States. Todd Blanche spent two months auditioning for this job by indicting the president's enemies and trying to pay off his friends. Blanche has passed the test, and now he gets the title. We will also discuss the House voting to end the war in Iran, new Medicaid rules that could strip coverage from millions of people, Spencer Pratt's surge in LA and what it means about MAGA populism after Trump, and California's painfully slow vote count, which is handing election deniers exactly the opening that they've been waiting for. Quick reminder before we start, please like, share, and subscribe to support this work. It's extremely important. So let's get right to it. We start with the president officially handing the DOJ to his own defense lawyer. On Wednesday night at a dinner in the Rose Garden, Donald Trump announced he'll formally nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general. Let's remember how the job opened up in the first place. Pam Bondi was fired in April for not prosecuting Trump's enemies fast enough. Blanche, the president's former personal defense attorney, stepped in as acting attorney general, and he made sure