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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

That kind of rhetoric, I think, is unacceptable on either side of the table, Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative. It just inflames people and has them thinking in terms of violence that may reach physical violence if we're not…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

If Congress sits on its hands and does nothing to respond to this looming crisis, millions of Americans will be expected to make ends meet with fewer-and-fewer dollars each month.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

Since you were confirmed, DOJ has literally violated dozens of court orders to advance Trump’s agenda. Last year, you declared that the Justice Department was ‘at war’ with the federal judiciary… I believe all of us on both sides of the…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

This nation deserves an Attorney General who loves the Constitution more than any single president—an Attorney General who is focused on keeping Americans safe and combatting corruption, not satisfying the President’s personal grievances.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

Mr. Blanche is at the helm of a weaponized Justice Department, putting President Trump ahead of the Constitution, the rule of law, and you.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

Do you think a blanket pardon by the President of the January 6 rioters was the right thing to do?

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

We are here because there is a vacancy in the office [of the Attorney General]. The President decided to fire [Mr. Blanche’s] predecessor after just 14 months on the job, after courts and grand juries blocked her from prosecuting the…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

More than 1,200 former career DOJ employees, who worked for both Republican and Democratic Administrations, sent the Committee a letter opposing your nomination because you have purged DOJ of thousands of experienced law-enforcement…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

In less than 18 months at the Department of Justice, you have shown you are still President Trump’s personal attorney. Your tenure can be summed up in just four words: ‘I love you, sir.’ This was your response when asked what you would say…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

Anyone who can represent a known pathological liar like Donald Trump can have no integrity.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

I think this is going to fall in our jurisdiction here in the future, and I hope we take it seriously.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

It’s clear that Mr. Blanche has never stopped being President Trump’s personal attorney, and I pushed him on his role in the botched release of the Epstein Files, the MAGA slush fund for cop beaters, the Trump-IRS sweetheart deal, and his…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

Americans sent us to Congress not to observe the problems but to solve the problems. There is no greater long-term challenge before Congress than preserving Social Security.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

If you are truly committed to extraordinary transparency, and you are willing to meet with these victims, I hope you will do it immediately or we’re going to hold you to it.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

It’s hard to explain to the American people that no one is above the law when that type of document was signed by you, forever discharging that family and that president from any liability for violating tax laws.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

Some of them physically assaulted policemen in the Capitol, [and] some of them are guilty of serious crimes before that day. For the President to give a blanket pardon to these individuals is something you cannot explain to the American…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 16, 2026

The PROMISE Act finally creates a pathway for those ideas to receive the consideration they deserve.

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