Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche got feisty with a Trump appointee over the weekend during a “wild” and exclusive party in Washington, D.C. – and reportedly over a comment regarding his sneakers, according to the Daily Mail.
Top Trump administration officials celebrated the United States’ 250th anniversary on Saturday with Curtis James Jackson III – better known by his stage name 50 Cent – at the Executive Branch, a private club often called the “private club for the MAGA elite.”
A number of top officials were present at the event, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and FBI Director Kash Patel. Blanche was also present and, according to the Daily Mail, was "all smiles" following his recent nomination for permanent Attorney General.
“Dressed down slightly in bold sneakers, several event-goers remarked how 'cool' it was that Blanche was rocking the casual footwear, easily dancing to 50 Cent's soundtrack alongside his wife,” the Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
Lindsey Halligan, a former Trump-appointed U.S. attorney who in January left the Justice Department after a court ruled her appointment to be unlawful, was also at the party, and, according to the Daily Mail, got into a tense but brief moment with the acting attorney general.
“Trump's former handpicked interim US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia took a veiled dig at Blanche's shoes, whispering a cold 'maybe' when asked if they were 'cool,’” the Daily Mail’s report reads. “Halligan was noticeably nowhere near Blanche for the entire evening.”
Most reporters were banned from attending the private party, though the Daily Mail claimed they observed CNN’s Alayna Treene “slip inside near the end of the event.”
“It seems, for one night only, the fierce MAGA club was willing to make nice with the network - capping off a wild, caviar-fueled night,” the Daily Mail’s report reads.