Krishnamoorthi Renews Call to Reject Todd Blanche, Citing Epstein Cover-Up and Loyalty to Trump Over the Constitution

WASHINGTON - Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) released the following statement renewing his call for the Senate to reject Todd Blanche's nomination to serve as Attorney General following Blanche's Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings:

"A month ago, I led my colleagues in urging the Senate to reject Todd Blanche's nomination because he led the Trump Administration's cover-up of the Epstein files, lacked the independence required of an Attorney General, and repeatedly demonstrated that his first loyalty is to President Trump, not the Constitution and the American people. His confirmation hearings only reinforced those concerns. Under Mr. Blanche's leadership, the Department of Justice exposed the identities of Epstein survivors while continuing to withhold the full Epstein files Congress and the American people were promised. Time and again, Mr. Blanche has put President Trump's political interests ahead of survivors, ahead of the rule of law, and ahead of the Constitution he is sworn to uphold. His refusal to reject the Administration's efforts to use the Department of Justice to launch an unprecedented federal takeover of our elections only confirmed that he lacks the independence and judgment required of an Attorney General. The Senate should reject his nomination."