{"id":70337,"date":"2026-07-15T15:39:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70337"},"modified":"2026-07-15T15:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:39:27","slug":"trump-flunky-todd-blanche-wont-admit-hes-trumps-friend-but-does-admit-that-im-his-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70337","title":{"rendered":"Trump Flunky Todd Blanche Won&#8217;t Admit He&#8217;s Trump&#8217;s Friend, But Does Admit that &#8216;I&#8217;m His Lawyer&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long awaited confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche to become Donald Trump&#8217;s next Attorney General, and official <em>&#8220;Justice&#8221;<\/em> Department apologist, took place on Wednesday. And to no one&#8217;s surprise it was a contentious affair that featured Blanche getting fluffed by glassy-eyed Republican MAGA cultists, and grilled by righteously outraged Democrats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump Flunky Todd Blanche Won't Admit He's Trump's Friend, But Does Admit that 'I'm His Lawyer'%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70337\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post this article on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=Trump Flunky Todd Blanche Won't Admit He's Trump's Friend, But Does Admit that 'I'm His Lawyer'%20https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70337\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post on Bluesky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-roses.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38423\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The nomination of Blanche is a particularly egregious abuse of power by Trump, whose sole criteria for the post of Attorney Genuflect is how loyal he will be to Trump, rather than to the Constitution or the American people. Among the prerequisites is adhering to the preposterous belief that Trump won the presidential election in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69977\" target=\"_blank\">HUH? Trump\u2019s Acting Attorney General: There\u2019s a Ton of Evidence that the 2020 Election Was Rigged<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the hearing Blanche steadfastly demonstrated his allegiance to Trump in the most humiliating manner. His devotion was bluntly displayed in the answer he gave to Republican Senator John Kennedy in the following exchange&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Kennedy:<\/strong> Are you and president Trump friends?<br \/>\n<strong>Blanche:<\/strong> I&#8217;m his lawyer&#8230;was his lawyer. I&#8217;m not sure there are very many people who have ever had a criminal defense attorney who calls that person their friend.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In that response Blanche not only carelessly let it slip that he is still Trump&#8217;s lawyer, but he didn&#8217;t actually deny being his friend as well. Only that it would unusual. But then, nothing is <em>&#8220;usual&#8221;<\/em> about Trump and his relationships. And his relationship with Blanche includes this affectionate moment a few weeks ago when Blanche drooled that&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If [Trump] chooses to nominate somebody else and asks me to go do something else, I will say &#8216;Thank you very much. I love you sir.'&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"embed-x\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Todd Blanche refused to admit he and Trump are friends. Instead saying &quot;I&#39;m his lawyer.&quot; Then catching himself, changed it to &quot;was his lawyer.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year Blanche said if Trump didn&#39;t nominate him for Attorney General he would say \u201cThank you very much. I love you sir.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tj6PeTh2ZQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/tj6PeTh2ZQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; News Corpse (@NewsCorpse) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsCorpse\/status\/2077457260960477618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>So Trump and Blanche are actually more than friends. Trump&#8217;s lover was challenged by Democrats on a multitude of issues that exposed his disqualifying biases and inability to be impartial with regard to his Dear Leader and love interest Trump. Among those issues were&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Failing to meet with Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s victims or releasing all the files.<\/li>\n<li>Moving Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell to a low security, Camp Fed prison.<\/li>\n<li>Supporting Trump&#8217;s pardons of hundreds of January 6th insurrectionists, many of whom assaulted police officers.<\/li>\n<li>Closing investigations into the ICE murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.<\/li>\n<li>Presiding over the firing of prosecutors and FBI agents who investigated Trump.<\/li>\n<li>Consideration of indicting Trump&#8217;s special counsel Jack Smith for perjury.<\/li>\n<li>Outlawing the abortion medication mifepristone.<\/li>\n<li>Backing Kash Patel despite his alleged improprieties with alcohol, women, and personal travel.<\/li>\n<li>Dining with Paramount owners David and Larry Ellison while their merger was still being analyzed.<\/li>\n<li>Refusal to show justification for the 66 strikes on boats in the Caribbean that have killed more than 220 people.<\/li>\n<li>Pleading ignorance of the $50,000 the FBI reported it gave to ICE boss Tom Homan.<\/li>\n<li>Approving Trump&#8217;s $ 1.7 billion slush fund as a settlement with the IRS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any two or three of those would be more than enough to justify denying Blanche confirmation. But the entire collection is a repulsive resume that represents a historically unfit nominee for Attorney General, or any position of power in government. And yet, most of the Republicans on the Judiciary Committee will vote to confirm Blanche anyway. And if he makes it out of Committee, most of the Republicans in the Senate will do the bidding of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn&#8217;t mean that Blanche&#8217;s confirmation is sealed. The partisan split in the Senate is so tight that it would only take a couple of Republicans to show some courage and patriotism to ditch this scoundrel. We&#8217;ll see if they can muster that courage when it counts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69997\" target=\"_blank\">WTF Is In Trump\u2019s Taxes That Just Made His US Attorney Say Releasing Them Would \u2018Destroy\u2019 Trump?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69917\" target=\"_blank\">SUNDOWNING? 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And to no one&#8217;s surprise it was a contentious affair that featured Blanche getting fluffed by glassy-eyed Republican MAGA cultists, and grilled by righteously outraged Democrats. 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