Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Opposing The Nomination Of Todd Blanche To Be Attorney General

Washington D.C. - Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor about Trump's official nomination of Todd Blanche to be U.S. Attorney General. Senator Schumer condemned the nomination due to Blanche's personal relationship with Trump and his actions as acting AG. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks, which can also be viewed here.

Yesterday, Donald Trump officially nominated Todd Blanche to serve as his Attorney General permanently.

Letting Donald Trump make his personal lawyer Attorney General makes as little sense as letting a defendant pick his prosecutor.

"Attorney General" might appear on Blanche's business card, but we all know that the job description would stay the same: Trump's fixer, bagman, hired gun.

There are billboard lawyers I'd trust more as Attorney General than Todd Blanche.

Blanche was the mastermind behind the two-billion-dollar MAGA slush fund to funnel Americans' taxpayer dollars to Donald Trump and his MAGA cronies.

Blanche then had the audacity to come before the Senate and claim he was dropping the slush fund.

I'd say a promise from Blanche isn't worth the paper it's written on, but Blanche told the Senate: "I'm not committing to putting anything in writing."

Meanwhile, Trump continues to sing the praises of his blatantly corrupt slush fund for billionaires and violent criminals.

Blanche has withheld 3 million pages of the Epstein files, lied to Congress under oath about meeting Epstein survivors, and brought baseless charges against Trump's political enemies, but Senate Republicans seem more than happy to shake his hand as he picks the American people's pocket.

Democrats are going to fight this confirmation with everything we have, and if Republicans have any respect for the rule of law, they'll do the same.

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