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Todd Blanche faces Senate confirmation hearing for attorney general
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Todd Blanche faces Senate confirmation hearing for attorney general
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will appear before the Senate judiciary committee on Wednesday for his confirmation hearing.
- Blanche served as deputy attorney general and acting attorney general since Trump’s second term, leading a purge of career employees.
- He oversaw the release of Jeffrey Epstein files, with former Attorney General Bondi testifying that Blanche was in charge of the release.
- Blanche scrapped a $1.8bn slush fund after bipartisan backlash, and a federal judge excoriated the original agreement as collusive.
- More than 1,200 former justice department employees signed a letter opposing Blanche’s confirmation.
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