Todd Blanche, in 1st appearance as acting AG, shrugs off suggestion Trump will 'pressure' him to target opponents

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche used his first news conference Tuesday to shrug off any suggestion that he would use the Justice Department to more aggressively target perceived enemies of President Donald Trump, as he heaped praise on his ousted predecessor Pam Bondi.

"First of all, we have thousands of ongoing investigations and prosecutions going on in this country right now, and it is true that some of them involve men women and entities that the president in the past has had issues with and that believe should be investigated," Blanche said. "That is his right, and indeed it is his duty to do that, meaning, to lead this country."

Blanche denied he views President Trump's public statements urging the prosecutions of his enemies as "pressure" on him in serving as the head of the DOJ. Trump, naming several of his perceived political foes in a September social media post, said, "JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!"

"I do not view this as pressure," Blanche said. "I do not view this as something that is going to keep me up at night, except to make sure that we are investigating every case that we that we have to the fullest extent of the law and using all the resources we can."

Read more: https://abcnews.com/US/todd-blanche-1st-appearance-acting-ag-shrugs-off/story?id=131803038

[twodogsbarking]

1. There's no pressure. He said he will do it.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Now he's going after Cassidy Hutchinson

Team tRump will never give up on their agenda. We must permanently destroy Team tRump and all of those who ever supported him since 2016! ALL OF THEM...from the MSM, the politicians, etc...to even the little old lady who lives in a shoe. No grey areas. Black or white...simple as that.

"The Justice Department has assigned its civil rights division to investigate Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who outraged President Trump four years ago after her testimony before Congress implicated him in the violence that erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to four people familiar with the matter."

Acting Attorney General Says ‘Nobody Has Any Idea’ Why Bondi Was Fired - The New York Times https://share.google/NTKQKCqB9kELeOO3u

[Mz Pip]

3. He won't have to.

He works for Trump. Not for us.