Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will also serve temporarily as librarian of Congress after the dismissal of Carla Hayden.

President Donald Trump appointed Todd Blanche, who is second in charge at the Justice Department, as the new librarian of Congress. Before being tapped for the DOJ, Blanche served as Trump’s defense lawyer during his hush money trial,

Trump’s attempt to put his own people in place at the Library of Congress hit a wall in dramatic fashion after two appointees were "escorted off premises."