Blanche to hold press briefing in Rose Garden Tuesday

Attorney General Todd Blanche will brief reporters in the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday, as he will become the latest administration official to fill the shoes of former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

A White House official confirmed to NewsNation, The Hill’s sister network, that Blanche will speak to members of the press.

Blanche joined Vice President Vance in Missouri on Monday to announce federal action taken against those suspected of stealing millions from taxpayers via a COVID-19 era small business relief program.

That came 11 days after Vance spoke to reporters inside the White House press briefing room, the first such briefing since July and the first since Leavitt departed the administration at the end of last month.

Leavitt’s departure sparked a search for a new press secretary, with Trump telling reporters on Sunday he “may have” developed a short list of candidates.

“We have a lot of people that want it,” the president said during a trip to Ireland.

Trump also said Secretary of State Marco Rubio was “next” to brief reporters, mentioning Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Education Secretary Linda McMahon as possible future briefers.

During Leavitt’s maternity leave earlier this year, Vance , Rubio and Bessent briefed reporters in her absence.

Blanche, whom the Senate confirmed to the full-time attorney general post last month, told CBS News on Monday the federal government will continue releasing records related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

“The one thing that we are not doing, we’re not protecting people,” Blanche said. “The reason that we’re not releasing documents has nothing to do with protecting any government or any entity. It’s just to protect, genuine classified [information].”

Family members of Sept. 11 victims have criticized the administration for allegedly shielding the Saudi Arabian government from scrutiny for its role in the attacks.