Hard NO to Todd Blanche as Attorney General—Demand Answers in Hearings This Week

As your constituent, I urge you to oppose Mr. Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general. With hearings this week, you have a final opportunity to demand answers and prevent the installation of a man unfit to lead the Justice Department. Mr. Blanche's record demonstrates a dangerous willingness to weaponize prosecutorial power. As acting attorney general, he greenlit a scheme to grant the president, his family, and his businesses broad protections from tax investigations—a political slush fund denounced across both parties. Even after public blowback forced retreat, he fought to preserve sweeping tax immunity. This reveals his core belief: the Department should protect the powerful, not ensure equal justice. He has also orchestrated a purge of over 200 career prosecutors and agents who worked on cases involving the president and allies, while vilifying whistleblowers and attacking federal judges. These are not isolated decisions; they are a systematic effort to remake the Department into an extension of partisan loyalty. Former law enforcement leaders have warned that his conduct has degraded the Department's standing with courts and the public. During this week's hearings, you must press Mr. Blanche on several critical points. Regarding the tax immunity scheme: What legal basis exists for granting tax immunity to the president's family unavailable to ordinary citizens? Why did he fight to preserve sweeping immunity even after Congress objected? Regarding the staff purge: How many of the 200 plus removed prosecutors and agents worked specifically on cases involving the president or his associates? What message does this send about whether career staff will be evaluated on merit or political loyalty? Regarding judicial independence: Does he believe it is appropriate for the Attorney General to publicly attack judges whose decisions he opposes? Regarding institutional independence: If the president asked him to investigate a political opponent, what would he do? If the president asked him to drop an investigation into himself or his family, what would he do? Regarding whistleblower protection: Will he commit to protecting DOJ employees who report misconduct, even if it involves the president or his allies? Confirming Mr. Blanche would hand the nation's chief law-enforcement institution to a man who has demonstrated that he prioritizes political loyalty over ethics, independence, and the public interest. His evasions during this week's hearings should disqualify him entirely. For the sake of the Justice Department's credibility and to prevent the weaponization of federal power, you must oppose this nomination and use these hearings to demand accountability.