Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has turned the Justice Department into a “protection racket for the president.”
Schiff said, “It used to be the case when you got a nominee who is unfit for office, you would reject them, and you would say to the president, send me somebody qualified. That hasn’t happened here. And given the long list of malfeasance and infractions of Todd Blanche, the Justice Department is really hard to wrap your head around. He’s weaponized the department to create a slush fund for the president. He’s used the president to go after, and used the department...
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