Blanche calls Obama’s concerns about DOJ targeting Trump’s critics “extraordinarily rich”

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche denied to CBS News that the Justice Department is engaging in a retribution campaign against President Trump’s adversaries, pushing back on criticism from former President Barack Obama — but he argued Mr. Trump has vast power to oversee the agency. The Justice Department — which Blanche has led since last … Read more

Blanche: Obama’s concerns about DOJ targeting Trump critics are “extraordinarily rich”

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said it’s “extraordinarily rich” for former President Barack Obama to say he’s concerned about the “politicization of the criminal justice system” under the Trump administration. “There’s something extraordinarily rich about a Democrat suggesting that this administration is charging our political adversaries,” Blanche told CBS News’ Camilo Montoya-Galvez. Source link