Whitehouse Blasts Trump’s Nomination of Todd Blanche for Attorney General

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement after President Trump nominated Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve as Attorney General:

"Todd Blanche was behind the Epstein Files cover-up, the rotten cop-beaters slush fund, and a sleazy tax fraud amnesty for the Trump family and businesses; all while causing an unprecedented 'fraud on the court' investigation of the Department, pursuing illegal U.S. Attorney appointments, having courts regularly throw out indictments and grand juries return 'no bills,' and costing the Department its customary 'presumption of regularity.' He is a walking disgrace.

"Trump intends to damage the rule of law, to protect his massive corruption, and Blanche is his hatchet man. Blanche acts as Trump's personal attorney and political henchman, but the Attorney General's client is supposed to be the American people. He will never understand that."