Confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general would solidify the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) transformation into an agency whose powers are wielded in the interest of President Trump, rather than that of American citizens. CREW sent a letter urging all senators to reject Blanche’s nomination.

Throughout modern history, no individual has gone from defending the president as a private citizen in criminal cases to leading the department prosecuting those same cases. DOJ prosecutors swear an oath to support and defend the Constitution—not the president. Blanche’s nomination undermines the DOJ’s independence and integrity and poses a direct threat to publicly accountable, transparent and ethical governance. 

As acting attorney general and deputy attorney general, Blanche has repeatedly elevated the president’s interests over the DOJ’s and the American people’s. His record includes defending the settlement of Trump’s IRS lawsuit against his own administration, celebrating the firings of career DOJ employees assigned to cases against Trump, misusing DOJ power to investigate and indict Trump’s political enemies and working to purge the convictions of January 6 insurrectionists. Blanche’s loyalty to Trump raises serious questions about his ability to act independently under political pressure from the president. 

Under Blanche’s leadership, the DOJ has repeatedly defied the law and Congress in order to hide the truth from the American people. Under his leadership as deputy attorney general, the DOJ seemingly ignored the December 19, 2025 deadline established by the Epstein Files Transparency Act to make all unclassified records relating to the Epstein investigation and prosecution public, and then only released approximately 3.5 million pages out of over 6 million pages reviewed. Blanche’s DOJ further condoned the president’s unwillingness to comply with the Presidential Records Act (PRA). At the direction of the White House, the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion determining that the PRA, a nearly 50-year-old piece of legislation, exceeds the scope of Congress’s constitutional authority. This opinion prompted a federal court to issue a preliminary injunction requiring Trump administration officials to comply with the PRA, including  preserving text messages pertaining to their work.  

Blanche’s leadership demonstrates that his commitment to pleasing the president comes before his allegiance to the Constitution. The American public deserves an attorney general with the independence and objectivity to act in the people’s interest alone. For that reason, the Senate must reject Blanche’s nomination for attorney general. 

Read the letter here.

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