Todd Blanche declines to pledge independence from White House
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 . “No, I’m not going to pledge that,” he said when asked about the topic by NBC’s Meet the Press host, Kristen…
Federal attorney general Todd Blanche declined to pledge that the Justice Department under his leadership would consistently operate independently of the White House and President Donald Trump. While discussing this topic with NBC's Meet the Press host Kristen Welker, Blanche affirmed that no attorney general should ever make such a commitment.
He also claimed that President Trump would never ask him to engage in activities that might contradict ethical or legal norms. Blanche defended Trump's decision to pardon 1,500 individuals convicted of attacking the U.S. Capitol during the end of his first term, stating that it is the president's constitutional right to do so. However, Blanche did not disclose whether any of these pardoned individuals might receive settlements from the federal government.
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