Donald Trump Officially Nominates His Defense Lawyer Todd Blanche for AG
This is the ultimate career glow-up: going from keeping a client out of jail to running the entire federal justice department that was trying to put him there.
Donald Trump just officially sent Todd Blanche’s nomination to the Senate. If the name sounds familiar, it is because Blanche was Trump’s personal defense lawyer. He is the guy who recently secured a sweet deal in an IRS settlement, giving Trump and his family complete immunity from prosecution over older tax returns.
Now he is poised to run the Department of Justice. Talk about a solid return on investment.
But the Senate confirmation hearing is going to be spicy. Senators have some questions about a $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund that critics call a political slush fund. Blanche says the fund is totally dead, but he conveniently refused to put that promise in writing. Meanwhile, Republicans just blocked a Democratic effort to kill the fund permanently.
Oh, and then there are the Jeffrey Epstein files. When Blanche was deputy attorney general, he was put in charge of releasing them. The result? The department managed to release the names of actual victims without redaction while keeping other crucial documents hidden.
Hiring the guy who got someone tax immunity to now oversee the nation's taxes and laws is certainly one way to handle public relations.
Source: CNN
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