Blanche has flip-flopped on giving taxpayer funds to election criminals like Tina Peters and J6 rioters
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper voted NO on the Senate confirmation vote of Todd Blanche, President Trump’s nominee to serve as Attorney General of the United States.
“Mr. Blanche will not be an impartial check on the President,” said Hickenlooper earlier this week in a speech on the Senate floor. “We cannot allow a fox to guard the henhouse. We need an Attorney General who is loyal to the Constitution—not to President Trump. Mr. Blanche is not that person.”
In his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Blanche has declared Trump’s unprecedented $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” as “dead” and rescinded the order setting up the anti-weaponization fund this week through a letter. However, the settlement’s terms can be changed only via a written agreement from the Trump family and the government. On Saturday, Trump still supports the fund, saying: “It will immediately be back on the table, and I will get it done.”
January 6th insurrectionists who beat and killed police officers during the attack on the Capitol expect compensation from the fund, as well as election criminals like Tina Peters. Hickenlooper introduced an amendment to the last Republican reconciliation bill that would permanently stop Trump from giving a taxpayer-funded payout to Tina Peters, which Republicans blocked.
“For months, Mr. Blanche has insisted the Department of Justice slush fund is dead. Yet as recently as this weekend, President Trump was saying the exact opposite,” said Hickenlooper earlier this week in a speech on the Senate floor. “So when Mr. Blanche says the slush fund isn’t moving forward, don’t believe him. Not for one second. His word is worth about as much as the Trump meme coin.”
Last week on a private call hosted by the White House Faith Office, Blanche showed support for restricting medication abortion and said that he wants “to get permanent solutions so the Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state.”
After the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Blanche as Deputy Attorney General led the disclosure of documents of survivors’ names, photos and identifying information, but omitted the names of accused abusers and enablers. Blanche also enabled Trump’s refusal to release the Epstein files until Congress forced the disclosure.
For a full video of Hickenlooper’s remarks on Blanche’s nomination earlier this week, click HERE.
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