{"id":158952,"date":"2026-07-30T15:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/30\/withdrawing-the-attorney-general-nominee-is-nothing-new\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:10:14","slug":"withdrawing-the-attorney-general-nominee-is-nothing-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/30\/withdrawing-the-attorney-general-nominee-is-nothing-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Withdrawing The Attorney General Nominee Is Nothing New"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span>Ed. Note:<\/span> Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>With Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/07\/trump-ill-pull-blanches-nomination-and-resubmit-after-cornyn-and-tillis-are-gone-cornyn-cool-roll-the-dice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">considering withdrawing<\/a> the nomination of Todd Blanche for Attorney General, it seems relevant to ask, when was the last time a president formally withdrew an AG nomination that had gone to the Senate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: This doesn\u2019t include self-withdrawals like Matt Gaetz who pulled himself out of consideration before Trump was even sworn in<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/07\/withdrawing-the-attorney-general-nominee-is-nothing-new\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Withdrawing The Attorney General Nominee Is Nothing New<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261981514-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"post-single__featured-image-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by Al Drago\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>With Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/07\/trump-ill-pull-blanches-nomination-and-resubmit-after-cornyn-and-tillis-are-gone-cornyn-cool-roll-the-dice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">considering withdrawing<\/a> the nomination of Todd Blanche for Attorney General, it seems relevant to ask, when was the last time a president formally withdrew an AG nomination that had gone to the Senate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: This doesn\u2019t include self-withdrawals like Matt Gaetz who pulled himself out of consideration before Trump was even sworn in<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/07\/withdrawing-the-attorney-general-nominee-is-nothing-new\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/07\/withdrawing-the-attorney-general-nominee-is-nothing-new\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! With Donald Trump considering withdrawing the nomination of Todd Blanche for Attorney General, it seems relevant to ask, when was the last time a president formally withdrew an AG nomination that had gone to the Senate? 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