The 5 Outrageous Things Trump’s New Attorney General Has Already Done

Trump has forced out those who moved too slowly, including previous Attorney General Pam Bondi, for failing to deliver his enemies’ heads on a plate. On September 20, Trump posted on Truth Social that James Comey, Adam Schiff, and Leticia James were all “all guilty as hell” and that “JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!” A hand-picked loyalist secured the Comey indictment days later, and in an open court the government’s own advocate conceded that if the president’s post “is not a direction to prosecute, I’d really be in a loss to say what is.” As would anyone.

Blanche’s blithe ***urance is a cl***ic authoritarian move, one we have seen from Trump himself repeatedly over the last 20 months: Don’t merely lie; proclaim the exact opposite of the truth, and stand your ground shamelessly.

A. Mitchell Palmer and Harry Daugherty damaged the DOJ by what they did, but none tried to change what it was. Blanche is attacking the institution at its foundations in broad daylight, sawing away at its core principles and rewriting its basic mission. That is why his first week belongs in a shameful category of its own.