Nomination of Todd Blanche (Executive Calendar)
The Senate considered the nomination of Todd Blanche to be Attorney General. Democrats who spoke opposed the nomination, saying Blanche had been Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and remained loyal to him rather than to the rule of law, citing his refusal to state that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, his role in legal arrangements they said protected the President and his family from tax charges, his handling of records related to Jeffrey Epstein, and what they described as judicial criticism of the Justice Department’s conduct. Some members entered articles and other materials into the record supporting their arguments; one member said the Senate should be checking the President’s power rather than confirming his nominees. One Republican member’s sampled remarks concerned a separate subject—closing a loophole allowing intoxicating hemp products sold to look like candy—rather than this nomination.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .
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