Stacey Young, executive director and founder of Justice Connection, issued the following statement following President Trump’s announcement that he intends to nominate Todd Blanche to serve as Attorney General of the United States:
“Todd Blanche has never stopped acting as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. He has used his high position at the department to enter into a corrupt deal with the President and his family, advance vindictive prosecutions, illegally fire career employees, smear whistleblowers, and attack the judiciary.
“Blanche has abandoned what he learned about blind justice and ethical law enforcement as a career federal prosecutor. His unwavering fealty to the President and destruction of institutional norms should disqualify him from leading the only agency with its foundational virtue in its name.
“A vote to confirm him as Attorney General represents a rejection of the rule of law.”
