Blanche Signals DOJ Will Stay Tethered to White House

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Newly sworn-in Attorney General Todd Blanche rejects a fully independent DOJ, saying he would weigh President Trump’s views when directing federal law enforcement, while also backing Jeanine Pirro and declaring Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund dead.
Topics:top-news#donald-trump#justice-department-independence#politics#todd-blanche#us-attorney-general#white-house
- Blanche on whether DOJ will be independent: ‘I’m not going to pledge that’ washingtonpost.com
- Blanche declines to pledge independence from the White House CNN
- Blanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General The New York Times
- Blanche refuses to pledge DOJ will always act independently of White House The Hill
- Blanche says he's not Trump's personal servant Politico
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