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Exclusive: 77 Former DOJ Officials Urge Senate To Confirm Todd Blanche As Attorney General

‘His exemplary record … demonstrates he is the right man for the right time,’ the letter from the former high-ranking officials states.  

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Todd Blanche is “the right man for the right time,” a letter from 77 former Department of Justice officials declares in urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to support President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as the 88th U.S. Attorney General. 

The former high-ranking DOJ officials — spanning multiple administrations — sent the letter Sunday to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ranking Member Sen. Dick Durban, R-Ill., in advance of Blanche’s confirmation hearing, beginning Wednesday morning.  

Blanche has served as acting U.S. attorney general since early April, following Attorney General Pam Bondi’s abrupt departure. 

“His exemplary record as Deputy Attorney General — and now as Acting Attorney General — demonstrates he is the right man for the right time,” states the letter signed by dozens of former DOJ deputies, assistant AGs, U.S. attorneys, and others. The group includes Gary Barnett, former acting chief of staff and senior counselor to the attorney general; Ketan Bhirud, former associate deputy attorney general; Rachel Bissex, former deputy chief of staff and counselor to the attorney general; and Jonathan D. Brightbill, former acting assistant attorney general.

The recommendation notes Blanche’s rise up the ranks, beginning with his service with the DOJ as a paralegal in the Criminal Division and at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. He did so while going to law school at night and supporting his young family, the letter states. He went on to become an assistant U.S. attorney in........

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