The DOJ has faced intense scrutiny for not releasing enough documents from the Epstein files and not redacting enough women's names and photographs.

President Donald Trump is calling on Republican senators to back acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who will face questioning from the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

The Senate early Saturday morning confirmed Todd Blanche as the next attorney general, with the nominee narrowly securing sufficient GOP backing after making a number of promises about how he would handle his tenure as the country’s top law enforcement officer.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning after President Trump nominated him to serve permanently as the nation’s top prosecutor Blanche,

Todd Blanche, President Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general, faced pointed questions from Republican and Democratic senators at his confirmation hearing.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to advance Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general.

At a forum, the professor raised concerns about how Blanche’s conflicts of interests involving 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump would undermine the Department of Justice’s independence.

Blanche announced the deal with Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who threatened to stall his nomination until the fund was formally rescinded.