Todd Blanche sits for confirmation hearing in bid for attorney general

Todd Blanche, Trump's former personal attorney, is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in his bid to become Attorney General, per The Guardian. As Deputy Attorney General, Blanche oversaw a period when the Justice Department removed career prosecutors over their connection to Trump investigations, while also investigating political rivals and conspiracy theories about the 2020 election that have been widely debunked. Senators are expected to question him intensely on these controversial decisions.

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