Trump nominated Blanche to be deputy attorney general, the No. 2 position at the Justice Department, following his return to the White House last year. Blanche was confirmed to the position by the Senate last March.
During Blanche’s tenure at the Justice Department, its traditional independence from the White House has eroded as Trump has sought to transform it into a tool to prosecute political adversaries.
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, in March, Blanche bragged that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had “cleaned house,” firing any and everyone who worked on the cases against the President.
“There isn’t a single man or woman with a gun, federal agent, still in that organization that had anything to do with the prosecution of President Trump,” Blanche said.
Three former FBI agents who worked on cases against Trump and were then ousted have since cited Blanche’s comments as evidence in a lawsuit against the Administration, in which they allege that the firings were “illegal.”
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