Trump’s AG Nominee, Trying to Distance Himself From the President, Blurts Out: “I’m His Lawyer”

The Slatest Todd Blanche is trying to get confirmed. This won’t help. July 15, 20265:28 PM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Congressional hearings come with a lot of pomp, but most aren’t all that important. Witnesses answer dry, in-the-weeds questions about things that matter to individual lawmakers but rarely to the entire country. Today’s Senate confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche, Donald Trump’s nominee to become attorney general, was different. Blanche’s track record suggests he’ll use his power over the Department of Justice to put the president’s interests above the country’s. Here’s what we learned. Wait—who is this guy, again