About this episode
The episode discusses Trump's nomination of Todd Blanche as attorney general and the implications of this decision on political corruption and the DOJ.
June 9, 2026 A Very Big Deal Indeed Trump has officially nominated Todd Blanche to become attorney general of the United States, Blanche as formerly Trump’s personal attorney who led the defense team in the case of falsifying records and in the cases for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election and retaining classified documents, Blanche has flouted the law to do Trump’s bidding, The nomination challenges Republican senators to ignore rank and file Republicans, and to break the law, The DOJ has ignored the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and Epstein survivors are being threatened by Trump supporters, This nomination encourages the DOJ to bless wide ranging corruption, from allowing foreign interests to invest in Trump family businesses in exchange for preferential treatment, allowing Middle East billionaires to buy access to the president, and to make billions in a crypto currency business that has generated losses for more than a million investors duped by the promise of investing in a Trump business, Reports reveal massive fraud by Hungary’s Viktor Orban before he lost his bid for re-election, Trump is attempting to prevent the kind of defections in his rank that…
People in this episode
Host: Heather Cox Richardson
Topics covered
- Trump nomination
- political corruption
- DOJ actions
- Republican senators
- 2020 election
- Epstein files
- Viktor Orban
Keywords
- Todd Blanche
- Donald Trump
- attorney general
- political corruption
- DOJ
- Epstein Files
- Viktor Orban
- Republican senators
- 2020 election
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Department of Justice, Epstein Files Transparency Act
Places: United States
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