Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Opposing Trump’s Decision To Nominate Todd Blanche As Attorney General

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor announcing Senate Democrats will fight Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Todd Blanche, a Trump loyalist, to be permanent Attorney General. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Last night, Donald Trump said he will nominate Todd Blanche to become the permanent Attorney General. Yuck.

Trump picked Blanche because he’s loyal to the president alone – not the Constitution, not the rule of law, and certainly not the American people. And not to the values that this country has had for 250 years. It's people like Blanche and Trump who rip those values up, of honesty and of fairness, and of decency, that has been the hallmark of America, that we’re seeing them try to wipe away.

For years, Blanche has been Trump’s personal lawyer and attack dog, and that didn’t stop when Blanche joined the Department of Justice.

Blanche orchestrated Trump’s self-dealing MAGA slush fund and granted his boss the audit immunity that gives the president free rein to commit tax fraud.

Blanche has blocked the release of more than half of the Epstein files – withholding 3 million, 3 million pages from the public.

Maybe Epstein’s friend Donald Trump could tell us why Blanche went to such lengths to cover up the files.

Blanche also lied to Congress under oath when he claimed he had met with the Epstein survivors – something they said never happened.

Blanche not only shields Trump from the law, he uses the justice system to go after his boss’ political enemies, bringing baseless charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center, Jim Comey, and others.

Trump and Blanche are cut from the same crooked cloth.

Democrats are going to oppose Blanche’s confirmation as vehemently as we have opposed the slush fund and every other corrupt act Trump and his top fixer have committed.

Unless Republicans want to remain complicit in Trump’s corruption, they ought to oppose Blanche as well.

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