Todd Blanche likely fueled the most potent criticism against him Wednesday with a gaffe that may haunt him beyond his ongoing confirmation hearing to become the next attorney general.
Asked by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) if Blanche and President Donald Trump are friends, Blanche replied, “I’m his lawyer” — before quickly correcting himself to say, “was his lawyer, and now I’m the deputy attorney general.”
The most enduring criticism of Blanche throughout his tenure as deputy attorney general and, more recently, as acting attorney general, has been that he has continued to act as Trump’s personal lawyer — a job he had earlier in his career — in…
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