* Todd Blanche confirmed as Attorney General in the middle of the night. [NPR]
* President’s son-in-law intended to destroy villages to build luxury property on stolen Albanian land he bought from suspected gang lord. We are running out of unique English sentences so fast. [WSJ]
* Fake US Attorney Bill Essayli hires his former senior aide into the office despite facing jail time over battery and grand theft charges. Only the best people in this administration. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Trump judge decides she can’t see anything vindictive about Justice Department’s prosecution of Southern Poverty Law Center for paying informants to infiltrate hate groups. [CBS News]
* Investigation launching into Jeanine Pirro’s ultimately fruitless Reflecting Pool prosecution. [The New Republic]
* Author of “How to Kill A Federal Judge” convicted for… threatening a federal judge. How ironic. [Reuters]
* Harvey raising another $500 million. [The Information]
* Trump tries to fire Lisa Cook again. [Law360]
* Judge Judy’s son now has a court show. [ABA Journal]