No. of Recommendations: 4
Kristen Welker: “can you pledge the Justice Department will always act independently of the White House?”
Todd Blanche: “act independently of the White House? no, I’m going to do that.”
Welker: “if the president asked you do to something that you feel crosses an ethical or legal line, would you do it?”
Blanche: “the president will never ask me to do something unethical or or illegal. he never has. he never will.”
Apparently Blanche can accidentally tell the truth. In his Senate confirmation hearing...
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA): "Are you and President Trump friends?"
Todd Blanche: "I'm his lawyer — was his lawyer. And now I'm the deputy attorney general [acting attorney general]."
Oops, little Freudian slip.
