The Senate led by the Republicans has voted to confirm Todd Blanche as attached attorney general, placing former Criminal Defense Lawyer of President Donald Trump in a key department position in a moment of agitation in the agency
Washington – The Senate led by Republicans voted on Wednesday to confirm Todd Blanche As attached attorney general, placing former Criminal Defense Lawyer Donald Trump in a key department of justice in A time of agitation in the agency.
Blanche, who only a few months ago was defending Trump against Accusations presented by the DepartmentIt will be the second in command under the attorney general Pam Bondi, another close ally of Trump. It was confirmed in a 52-46 vote.
Blanche is entering the agitation of the shots, resignations and forced transfers of career officials in the impulse of the Trump administration to purge the agency of employees considered unfair to the president’s agenda.
During your confirmation audience, White He sought to assure the Democrats that policy would not play any role in their decisions as an deputy attorney. Blanche said Trump’s department will work to restore the “faith of the American people in our justice system” after what he described as “partisan law” addressed to the president.
White He is a former federal prosecutor who was a key figure in Trump’s defense teamboth in the two criminal cases presented by the Department of Justice and in the case of money in New York, which ended in a sentence of 34 serious crimes.
The special lawyer Jack Smith has defended the cases he brought accusing Trump to conspire to revoke his Choice of 2020 loss and hoarding classified documents in its Mar-A-Lago farm in Florida. Both cases were retired after Trump’s presidential victory due to the long policy of the Department of Justice that prohibits the federal prosecution of a acting president.
Emil BoveAnother former Trump defense lawyer who has been acting as the second in command of the Department of Justice while Blanche expected confirmation, now became the main associated deputy attorney general.
Bove has shaken the department with actions in its first weeks, including demanding the names of thousands of FBI agents who participated in the research on the attack on January 6, and ordering the dismissal of the corruption case of the Mayor of New York Eric Adams.
