Blanche Confirmation: A GOP Test on Independence and the Rule of Law
TL;DR
Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick argues that Todd Blanche’s bid to be attorney general could become a GOP test of independence and accountability, given his Trump-aligned DOJ tenure, the controversy over a $1.776 billion slush fund settlement and a broad civil release, and whether Senate Republicans will demand real scrutiny or yield to total deference to the president—shaping the future handling of the rule of law.
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- Blanche Was Once Seen as Tempering Trump’s Tactics. Now He’s All In. The New York Times
- Trump formally nominates Todd Blanche as attorney general CBS News
- One word in a judge’s opinion sums up why Todd Blanche shouldn’t be attorney general MS NOW
- ‘I love you, sir’: Todd Blanche, devoted Trump enforcer, tapped to do his bidding full time The Guardian
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