{"id":3368,"date":"2026-07-12T18:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3368"},"modified":"2026-07-12T18:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:12:11","slug":"why-trumps-top-legal-goon-can-never-lead-doj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3368","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump\u2019s Top Legal Goon Can Never Lead DOJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is causing \u201creal harm to real people\u201d at the Justice Department he wants to run, according to former DOJ fraud chief Andrew Weissmann.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3366\">Keystone Kash Makes Eyebrow-Raising Claim About Graham\u2019s Death<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Weissmann, a law professor and longtime Trump critic who helped lead the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, told <i>The Daily Beast Podcast<\/i> host Joanna Coles that Blanche is eroding the \u201chistory and traditions\u201d of the department ahead of his July 15 confirmation hearing.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cYou could just go on and on and on about ways that he has undermined the rule of law,\u201d Weissmann, 68, said of Blanche, 51, claiming that judges have already deemed many of the acting attorney general\u2019s actions \u201cillegal\u201d as he prepares for his confirmation vote next week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More than 1,200 former Justice Department officials have spoken out against Blanche\u2019s nomination as attorney general, calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee, the 22-member panel responsible for overseeing the department, to reject his confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>In June, over 100 judges filed an  against Blanche with the New York State Bar, pointing to controversies including his role in pushing a $1.8 billion \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund\u201d that was later scrapped after criticism, as well as his handling of the release of files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, it is more upsetting that I know that he knows better,\u201d Weissmann said of Blanche. <\/p>\n<p>Blanche, Trump\u2019s former personal attorney who represented him in major criminal cases, including the New York hush money trial, has been carrying out the president\u2019s wishes since taking over as acting attorney general after Pam Bondi\u2019s firing in April. <\/p>\n<p>His actions have drawn concern even from some of his own friends, who have questioned whether there is a \u201cred line\u201d he would not cross.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest controversies surrounding Blanche has been his handling of the Epstein files, an issue that contributed to Bondi\u2019s firing. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3364\">Trump Teases \u2018Great\u2019 Lindsey Graham Replacement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, federal Judge Emmet G. Sullivan rejected Blanche\u2019s request to dismiss a lawsuit seeking the release of some names that had been redacted from government records in the Epstein files, after previously also finding that he had violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress has every power to say the following: You want to be confirmed, the documents are going to be turned over, consistent with the rule of law,\u201d Weissmann said, laying out what he believes should be a condition of Blanche\u2019s confirmation. \u201cTurn over the documents, and if you don\u2019t turn the documents over, don\u2019t expect to be confirmed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ has reportedly yet to release millions of documents tied to Epstein, a former friend of Trump. Weissmann said the ongoing delay suggests \u201cthere has to be a problem,\u201d especially given the chaos surrounding the department\u2019s handling of the files.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody has said to date that every single document that relates to Donald Trump that has his name on it has been produced,\u201d Weissmann said, as the documents released so far already contain thousands of references to the president.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey cannot turn everything over because they\u2019ve decided either the president said you can\u2019t, or politically they can\u2019t, or both,\u201d the former FBI general counsel speculated.<\/p>\n<p>Weissmann concluded that the DOJ is now operating under a \u201cchaotic\u201d and \u201cunlawful\u201d system, earlier saying he finds it \u201chard to see\u201d how someone like Blanche, who knows the department\u2019s \u201ctradition\u201d and is surrounded by people with a \u201clove for the institution,\u201d could be responsible for doing \u201creal harm to real people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast has reached out to the DOJ for comment. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i><b>New episodes of The Daily Beast Podcast are released every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday on <\/b><\/i><i><b>YouTube<\/b><\/i><i><b>, and on <\/b><\/i><i><b>other podcast platforms<\/b><\/i><i><b> the next morning. Follow our new feed on your favorite podcast platform at <\/b><\/i><i><b>beast.pub\/dailybeastpod<\/b><\/i><i><b> and subscribe on <\/b><\/i><i><b>YouTube<\/b><\/i><i><b> to watch full episodes.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3362\">Massive Bison Viciously Attacks Yellowstone Tourist<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is causing \u201creal harm to real people\u201d at the Justice Department he wants to run, according to former DOJ fraud chief Andrew Weissmann. Read more Keystone Kash Makes Eyebrow-Raising Claim About Graham\u2019s Death Weissmann, a law professor and longtime Trump critic who helped lead the investigation into Russian interference in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Trump\u2019s Top Legal Goon Can Never Lead DOJ - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3368\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Trump\u2019s Top Legal Goon Can Never Lead DOJ - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is causing \u201creal harm to real people\u201d at the Justice Department he wants to run, according to former DOJ fraud chief Andrew Weissmann. 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