Civil Rights Coalition Urges Senate to Reject Trump’s Attorney General Pick: ‘An Instrument of Trump’s Personal Revenge’
President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing Wednesday, July 15, and Thursday, July 16. Ahead of the hearing, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights along with dozens of national organ…
By Roxanne SzalJuly 12, 20261 min read
President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing Wednesday, July 15, and Thursday, July 16.
Ahead of the hearing, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights along with dozens of national organizations (including the Feminist Majority Foundation, publisher of Ms.) sent a letter to the committee calling on senators to vote against his confirmation, citing a pattern of political interference and attacks on civil rights protections.
Blanche "has turned the DOJ into an instrument of Trump’s personal rage and revenge," the coalition writes. "The role of the Attorney General is not to protect the interests of the President, but to protect the interests of the nation’s people."
