Senate Judiciary sets Todd Blanche AG hearing for July 15–16

Senate Judiciary leaders scheduled nomination hearings for Todd Blanche to be Attorney General for July 15–16, 2026, using the committee’s confirmation process to push for accountability on outstanding Department of Justice oversight requests.

What’s scheduled (and where)

The committee’s Day 2 hearing page sets Thursday, July 16, 2026, immediately following the Executive Business Meeting, at Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216.

For Wednesday, July 15, 2026, the Senate’s hearings calendar lists a Judiciary nomination hearing at 9:00 AM in SH-216 (the Senate calendar’s code for the Hart Building).

Why oversight is central to the confirmation hearing debate

In a July 1, 2026 letter to Acting Attorney General Blanche, Judiciary leaders said they were seeking “immediate responses” to the dozens of oversight requests the committee says were made throughout the 119th Congress and “remain outstanding.”

The letter also states the committee cannot properly assess the nomination without the requested answers, and it asks for complete responses by July 8.

In other words, the scheduled hearings will likely give senators a chance to turn the nomination process into an accountability test: how quickly and fully DOJ responds to Congress’s information requests.

What to watch next

As the committee moves from the scheduled sessions toward whatever procedural steps follow, a key question for readers is whether senators press for additional documents or clarification beyond the July 8 deadline—based on what comes up in testimony and any supplemental submissions.

Sources

• Judiciary (Day 2 hearing page: July 16, 2026, Room 216)
• U.S. Senate hearings & meetings calendar (July 15, 2026, 9:00 AM, SH-216)
• White House (nomination sent to the Senate)