At Tuesday’s news conference, …#ToddBlanche said little about how he might lead differently than Bondi. But his public appearance signaled that he would remain close to #Trump & use his role to carry out his agenda.

Blanche brushed off criticism the #DOJ has faced for going after Trump’s foes. Instead—echoing a claim that has been made by Trump & his admin—he said that the “real” weaponization of the DOJ occurred when it indicted Trump during the Biden admin.🙄

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#Trump tapped #ToddBlanche — his former [losing] defense attorney who has been serving as the #DOJ’s deputy attorney general — to succeed Attorney General #PamBondi after he fired her last week. Trump gave no public explanation for why he ousted Bondi, but it was reported that Trump was dissatisfied with Bondi’s failure to prosecute his political foes & her handling of the release of the Jeffrey #EpsteinFiles.

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“We have thousands of ongoing investigations & prosecutions going on in this country right now, & it is true that some of them involve men, women & entities that the president in the past has had issues with & that he believes should be investigated,” #ToddBlanche told reporters at the #DOJ’s headquarters Tuesday afternoon. “That is his right, & indeed it is his duty to do that.”

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In his first news conference as the nation’s most powerful law enforcement official, acting attorney general #ToddBlanche defended the #DOJ’s repeated attempts to indict #Trump’s political enemies & asserted that the president has a duty to speak out about who he believes should be investigated.

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