Todd Blanche rejects NBC anchor’s DOJ independence pledge, says Trump would never cross ‘legal line’

Todd Blanche rejected Kristen Welker's request to pledge Justice Department independence from the White House, arguing no attorney general should.

‘The president would never ask me to do something illegal. He never has, never will’

Todd Blanche Gets Heated After NBC Host Points Out His Jan. 6 Hypocrisy  HuffPost

Blanche declines to pledge independence from the White House  CNN

“No attorney general should ever pledge that,” Blanche, newly confirmed to lead the Justice Department, said.

US attorney general says no one in his role ‘should ever’ make this vow amid concern over Trump steering DoJ US attorney general Todd Blanche on Sunday declined to assure that the federal justice department he helms would always act independently of the White House and Donald Trump. “No, I’m not going to pledge that,”

Todd Blanche insists efforts to force states to turn over voter rolls will continue but says Trump does not direct prosecutions

The attorney general said he would consider President Trump's views and rejected calls for a pledge of DOJ independence.

Todd Blanche Refuses To Pledge Independence From White House As Trump’s Attorney General  Forbes

Attorney General Todd Blanche is seeking to rally a depleted Justice Department workforce in his first speech since taking the reins of the beleaguered agency, promising rank-and-file staff that he will lead them with integrity

Blanche seeks to rally a depleted Justice Department workforce in first speech as attorney general  AP News

A private citizen, Elorm Kwami Gorni, has sued Attorney General Dominic Ayine and Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie at the Supreme Court over Ghana’s legal vacation arrangements.