President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Todd Blanche, criticized the criminal cases against the Republican as “partisan lawfare” during his confirmation hearing to become the No. 2 Justice Department official. Meanwhile, skeptical Democrats pressed him on whether he would be able to stand up to pressure from the White House.
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Blanche and Bondi, a longtime Trump ally and former Florida attorney general, have echoed Trump’s claims that the department under former President Joe Biden was “weaponized” against conservatives. Blanche told lawmakers that representing Trump opened his eyes to what he described as the abuse of the criminal justice system. Blanche vowed that political considerations would never influence his decisions at the department.
Democrats focused many of their questions on their concerns about Blanche’s closeness to Trump, who has made clear his desire to use the justice system to exact revenge on his political opponents. Those concerns are more than theoretical for Democrats given the requests Trump made of his officials during his first term.
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