1,200+ Former DOJ Employees Oppose Todd Blanche’s Nomination
The Senate must not give its seal of approval for Blanche’s degradation and politicization of the Justice Department’s career workforce.
Justice Connection today sent a letter to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee signed by more than 1,200 former DOJ employees spanning 14 administrations and thousands of years of collective experience, opposing the nomination of Todd Blanche to serve as Attorney General.
While many will discuss the corruption and abuses at the Justice Department under Blanche’s leadership — and rightly so — this letter highlights the dangerous degradation of DOJ’s apolitical career workforce.
The letter’s signatories include former officials who served during Republican and Democratic administrations, including dozens of U.S. attorneys, component heads, and other senior leaders, many of whom led major offices across the department and FBI. They also include signatories who worked in 77 U.S. Attorney’s Offices, dozens of whom worked in Blanche’s former office in the Southern District of New York.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche on July 15 and 16. This letter urges committee members to reject his nomination.
Has there been a reading of this Letter and questions about its receipt, etc at the confirmation? And if T.Blanche has read it, of course . . . .