President Donald Trump has yet to name a nominee for his next attorney general, but congressional Democrats are making clear they intend to make things difficult for Todd Blanche, the former deputy attorney general now leading the Justice Department in an acting capacity.
Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, in a new letter is accusing Blanche of leveraging his “office to improperly shower government cash on Donald Trump’s political operatives and sycophants.”
Specifically, Raskin is alleging that Blanche — who is running the agency after Pam Bondi’s ouster — ordered the FBI to pay large sums to FBI…
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