January 6 Prosecutor and Critically Injured Police Officer Call on Senators to Vote Against Todd Blanche for Attorney General
Former AUSA Mike Gordon and MPD Officer Michael Fanone say “Todd Blanche does not serve justice.”
Justice Connection today released a video calling on senators to reject Todd Blanche’s Attorney General nomination for his role in whitewashing the violence that took place on January 6, 2021.
The video features former D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who was on the front lines on Jan. 6 and suffered traumatic injuries as a result, and former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Senior Trial Counsel for the Capitol Siege Section Mike Gordon, who prosecuted dozens of violent offenders from that day including many of the most notorious defendants.
During Blanche’s tenure as Acting Attorney General, DOJ vacated the seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders who organized the riot, and erased all press releases about Jan. 6 defendants from the official DOJ website. Blanche also signed off on a $1.776 billion slush fund and refused to rule out the possibility of Jan. 6 offenders receiving compensation from the fund or through other means. After assuring lawmakers that the fund was “not moving forward,” Blanche refused to submit a declaration formalizing that decision to a federal court.
“Todd Blanche does not serve justice. He serves criminals who beat up cops and assaulted our democracy,” says Fanone.
“Please join us in standing up for the rule of law by rejecting a man who doesn’t,” says Gordon.
Thank you both for your candid and truthful observations about J6 and Blanche. His actions as DAG and Acting AG have stained the Department and consistently shown that he deserves to be employed there [let alone serve as AG] about as much as the seditious conspiracy defendants do. As a career DOJ prosecutor, I support your honesty and fortitude in calling out Blanche's failure to meet any of the moments he has faced.
A thug fund to loot the American people