Bill Barr Would Like The Senate To Know: Confirm Todd Blanche Or The Hostage Gets It
Barr says Blanche could restrain Trump and run the Justice Department effectively, while critics call him unfit and warn of political abuse.
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Bill Barr calls on Senate GOP to confirm Todd Blanche for attorney general
President Donald Trump‘s first-term Attorney General Bill Barr is making an aggressive public push for Senate Republicans to confirm Todd Blanche as the nation’s next attorney general, arguing the president’s acting Justice Department chief is the best person to lead the department. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed published Thursday, Barr wrote that Blanche is “well-qualified” to lead the DOJ permanently, calling him the best person to carry out …
Ex-Bush lawyer tears apart GOP as senators mull endorsing Todd Blanche for DOJ
Jack Goldsmith, who previously served as the assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel under President George W. Bush, is issuing a stark warning Republican senators not to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general.Thus far, Blanche has been auditioning for the attorney general gig, CNN said, by issuing indictments of President Donald Trump's political foes, whether or not they'll even make it to trial. Blanche was a former perso…
Bill Barr Would Like The Senate To Know: Confirm Todd Blanche Or The Hostage Gets It
Someone got Bill Barr out of the airport security queue for this. The former Attorney General, last spotted amongst the proles standing in a three-hour TSA line, has penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed calling on the Senate to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General. And if you were hoping Barr’s endorsement would give skittish Republican senators the kind of full-throated cover they might need, well. Read the op-ed. Here is Barr’s assessment of…
IN 30 SECONDS What has happened? Bill Barr, a former attorney general with Trump, publishes an article in The Wall Street Journal urging Republican senators to confirm Todd Blanche as a prosecutor general before the August recess. When and where does he decide? Blanche appears before the Senate Judicial Committee on 15 and 16 July. The final vote could be rushed to prevent Trump from staying with a functioning prosecutor. Why is it relevant to S…
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