How Todd Blanche's Confirmation Would Break the DOJ
Frank Figliuzzi
This week could signal what the future of the U.S. Department of Justice looks like potentially for years to come.
Unless circumstances change following the death of Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, or later in the full Senate’s schedule, if Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) remains absent, Todd Blanche will begin his confirmation process to be the next Attorney General of the United States.
Simply put, the future of the department would look as it does with Blanche serving as Acting AG – and even worse. Blanche’s confirmation would turbocharge the real-time train wreck that’s already derailed the rule of law at a critical institution where I served for 25 years.
Blanche’s prior role, and on-going shadow role, as President Trump’s personal attorney are at the core of a professional conflict that should disqualify Blanche from serving as AG. There’s no debate that Blanche represented Trump in the hush money trial involving adult-film actress Stormy Daniels (Trump was found guilty and is appealing with other lawyers). Nor can anyone dispute that Blanche was Trump’s hired gun when Trump was charged with trying to overturn the 2020 election, or in the case where Trump was charged with hiding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
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