Quick context for anyone just catching up — Blanche is currently serving as Acting Attorney General while his Senate confirmation is still pending. That’s the situation people are debating below.

Did you see the news about Todd Blanche? Blanche was Trump’s personal attorney before becoming AG. Kind of wild.

Yeah, saw that. Someone in another chat was saying Blanche has faced no formal ethics concerns since taking office — that didn’t sound right to me though?

Right — my understanding is Blanche has no more ties to Trump’s personal interests, but that’s not really the full picture either.

Some people online are saying Blanche is deliberately protecting Trump — is that even something you could prove either way?