Recent Senate hearings for Todd Blanche, the president’s nominee for attorney general, didn’t change what has become obvious over the past year he has spent in a senior leadership role at the Department of Justice: He’s unfit for the top job. Senators should make clear to the White House that they won’t consent to his appointment, whether this year or next, as the White House mulls postponing the vote.

Blanche, previously the president’s personal lawyer, came to the DOJ in 2025 as a deputy attorney general. Under his leadership, the department has pursued an array of politically charged investigations or prosecutions against the administration’s opponents, including former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey and former........

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