Trump's views can factor into prosecutions, Attorney General Todd Blanche says

Attorney General Todd Blanche refused Sunday to pledge the Justice Department's independence from the White House, saying he would consider President Trump's views on individual prosecutions. Why it matters: Trump has remade the DOJ, ousting longtime staffers, urging prosecutions of rivals and installing his former law

USA-TRUMP/PIRRO (PIX):US Attorney General Blanche publicly backs Pirro after Trump criticism over Reflecting Pool

The Trump administration has lost more than 20 cases trying to force states to hand over voter roll information.

Attorney General Todd Blanche defended U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s decision to drop the Reflecting Pool vandalism charges against former Olympian David Hearn last month while acknowledging President Donald Trump’s frustrations with the outcome of the case. Asked by NBC News host Kristen Welker whether he stands with

Attorney General Todd Blanche said that he doesn’t believe it would be the best course of action for the FBI to take over the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Arizona

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Attorney General Todd Blanche said “of course” he will listen to President Donald Trump’s opinion on prosecutions. Host Kristen Welker said, “Would you take his opinions into consideration when he says, I think this case should be

US Attorney General Todd Blanche defended Jeanine Pirro for dismissing a federal vandalism case in a decision that angered President Donald Trump, saying the top prosecutor in Washington, DC, should be judged fairly.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters Donald Trump’s botched Reflecting Pool revamp has now become an ethics problem for his embattled MAGA prosecutor Jeanine Pirro. Amid ongoing tension between Pirro and the president, a coalition of about 90 lawyers, retired judges and other prominent le

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

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

Todd Blanche makes plea for unity at Justice Department  CNN

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.