Todd Blanche will be sworn in as U.S. attorney general on Monday, after narrowly winning Senate confirmation. President Trump is set to administer the oath. Blanche, the president's former personal attorney, was confirmed in the middle of the night on Saturday by a single vote. The confirmation came after weeks of scrutiny over the Justice Department's independence from the White House. Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said Friday he would back Blanche, emerging as the probable deciding vote after Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska announced her opposition. Cassidy's support capped one of the most contentious cabinet confirmation fights of the administration.