Will the Senate confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general before Friday, August 7?
100% of users predicted YES — the community missed this one. 2 predictions cast.
The full Senate had not confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general before Friday, August 7, 2026, even though his path to confirmation firmed up that week. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., announced Friday he would back Blanche, giving the nominee the votes needed for confirmation after Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski said they would vote no. Cassidy said he had reservations about Blanche's handling of the Anti-Weaponization Fund and IRS audit exemption but decided a Senate-confirmed attorney general was preferable to an acting one. Despite Cassidy's announcement clearing the way, no final confirmation floor vote had occurred by the time the market closed that day. The Judiciary Committee had advanced Blanche 12-10 on August 4, but that procedural step did not equate to full confirmation. Community prediction had been 100% Yes, anticipating confirmation would be completed by the deadline; the confirmation process ran longer than that expectation, and the market resolved No.