When Blanche was under consideration to be Deputy Attorney General, the number two position at the Justice Department, I reminded him of the importance of DOJ maintaining its independence from the President and the pull of politics.
Discussing Todd Blanche's nomination as Attorney General.
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Changes of this magnitude with no discernible justification must be scrutinized.
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