WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wants every Republican senator to confirm Todd Blanche as United States attorney general ahead of his confirmation hearings this week.
Blanche, who is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and Thursday, has already faced pushback from Democrats opposed to his confirmation, particularly because Blanche formerly served as Trump’s personal defense attorney. Trump has repeatedly praised his acting attorney general over the past week.
On Tuesday, the president put out a statement on Truth Social saying that Blanche has done a “PHENOMENAL job.”
“Under Todd’s incredible leadership at DOJ, Murder is down to the LOWEST level since 1900, and we just saw the biggest one year drop in RECORDED HISTORY,” wrote Trump. “Violent Crime arrests are UP 100%. Robberies, Carjackings, and Assaults, are all CRASHING. More than 500 million deadly doses of Drugs have already been seized, saving countless innocent lives.”
“This is what happens when you unleash LAW AND ORDER on our streets, instead of protecting vicious Criminal Thugs, and releasing dangerous Illegal Aliens into our Communities like the Dumocrats did for four disastrous years under Sleepy Joe Biden,” the president added.
Former President Donald Trump and his attorney Todd Blanche exit the courthouse and speak to media after Trump was found guilty following his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Mark Peterson – Pool/Getty Images)
Trump praised Blanche for his defense of religious liberty, for fighting weaponization of the justice system, for protecting free speech, and for fighting to keep men out of women’s sports. He also described Blanche’s fight against fraud as an “all-out-WAR” never seen before “in the History of the Department of Justice.”
“He is tough, brilliant, and 100% LOYAL to our Constitution, and the American People,” Trump said.
Above all, however, it appears that Blanche’s loyalty is what the president values the most.
“When the Corrupt Biden ‘Injustice’ Department and Radical Left Prosecutors tried to throw me in jail, and interfered in our Historic 2024 Presidential Campaign, Todd stood by my side and fought off the Lawfare,” Trump wrote. “He is a great lawyer, always very fair, and every Republican Senator should vote to CONFIRM Todd Blanche, ASAP!”
Blanche should expect to be questioned aggressively by Democrats on his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, on the controversial “Anti-Weaponization Fund” that the administration had proposed earlier this year, and on his personal relationship with the president.
As for Republicans, who hold the majority of seats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Blanche may face close questioning on why the DOJ has not yet settled a federal lawsuit over mail-order abortion drugs. Fourteen women who say they were harmed by such abortion drugs urged Blanche to settle the lawsuit in a letter first reported by The Daily Wire last week.
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