Blanche refuses to pledge DOJ will always act independently of White House
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Blanche also said he would “of course” take the president’s view into consideration before taking action, noting he hoped “every attorney general in history would not answer that question differently.”
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Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Attorney General Todd Blanche said “of course” he will listen to President Donald Trump’s opinion on prosecutions. Host Kristen Welker said, “Would you take his opinions into consideration when he says, I think this case should be
Attorney General Todd Blanche said he will take President Donald Trump’s opinion into account on whether certain cases should be revived. “Will I take the president of the United States’s view on something into consideration? Yes, of course,” Blanche told NBC News host Kristen Welker on Meet the Pre…
US attorney general says no one in his role ‘should ever’ make this vow amid concern over Trump steering DoJ US attorney general Todd Blanche on Sunday declined to assure that the federal justice department he helms would always act independently of the White House and Donald Trump .
Todd Blanche refused to say that his DOJ would be independent of Trump, but he went beyond Trump to suggest that all Attorneys General should not be independent of the president.
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Blanche also said he would “of course” take the president’s view into consideration before taking action, noting he hoped “every attorney general in history would not answer that question differently.”
By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday declined to commit to always acting independently of the White House, a concern among critics who worry the Justice Department is carrying out President Donald Trump’s political agenda.
Recently confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche refused Sunday to take a pledge to lead the Department of Justice independently of political pressures by President Donald Trump and […]
Todd Blanche, the newly confirmed attorney general, refused to say Sunday that he would always act independently of White House control but claimed during an interview that President Trump has “never” demanded he prosecute specific people.
During Sunday's broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press," Attorney General Todd Blanche rejected calls from the left-wing media to say that the Department of Justice operated independently of the White House's executive functions.
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Attorney General Todd Blanche tried over the weekend to defend the Justice Department's independence from President Trump's White House. Political strategists Joel Payne and Chuck Flint join "The Takeout" with their thoughts on Blanche's comments and some of the other top political headlines.
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