<![CDATA[Acting AG #ToddBlanche was told last year to recuse from #DOJ matters involving #Trump]]>Acting AG was told last year to recuse from matters involving

It was less than 2 weeks after Todd Blanche took on his role of deputy attorney general in March 2025 when the Justice Department’s top lawyer delivered some straightforward yet inconvenient news: His recusal from legal cases that involved Trump in his personal capacity was necessary.


https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/politics/todd-blanche-recusal-trump-investigations-brennan

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/43c9e512-34f2-4e21-a212-060c48abc788/acting-ag-toddblanche-was-told-last-year-to-recuse-from-doj-matters-involving-trumpRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 23:35:47 GMTThu, 14 May 2026 15:12:56 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Acting AG #ToddBlanche was told last year to recuse from #DOJ matters involving #Trump on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:19:51 GMT]]>Now serving as acting attorney general, finds himself in an ethical quandary. His previous role representing in prosecutions brought by the means that he is switching sides, overseeing the department’s investigation of the former government officials whom Trump claims unfairly used the criminal justice system to target him.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116573601252390277https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116573601252390277Thu, 14 May 2026 15:19:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Acting AG #ToddBlanche was told last year to recuse from #DOJ matters involving #Trump on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:18:38 GMT]]>…Recusal, however, is a word that comes with treacherous consequences in the era — including in the case of former AG who Trump tormented after he recused himself from overseeing what eventually became the investigation. Blanche’s choice is either to oversee investigations Trump cares deeply about but risk damaging their viability in court or to recuse himself & risk incurring Trump’s wrath. [he will undoubtedly not recuse]

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116573596429934866https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116573596429934866Thu, 14 May 2026 15:18:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Acting AG #ToddBlanche was told last year to recuse from #DOJ matters involving #Trump on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:16:01 GMT]]>The official conducting the briefing, Joseph Tirrell, handed & his then-top deputy , who was also in the conference room, a printed PowerPoint presentation on , acc/to a former senior ethics official who described the meeting.

The meeting…is the first time Blanche was formally informed he would need to recuse himself from cases involving .

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116573586148759997https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116573586148759997Thu, 14 May 2026 15:16:01 GMT