• Freeposity@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    On Thursday, Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters

    This should always be “Attorney General and Trump’s criminal defense lawyer, Todd Blanche”

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      14 hours ago

      More like “Donald Trump’s criminal defense lawyer who happens to also be an Attorney General”

      This was always failure of the Senate for confirming him.

      Even ignoring his corruption, as a defense attorney is not allowed to disclose any of his client’s secrets.

      So for example how he was expected handling Epstein files? Such a clear conflict of interest.

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    16 hours ago

    The DOJ knows that it can’t win this case. It’s all part of an effort to stoke the fires of grievance and try to undermine confidence in the election. If Peltola wins narrowly, Team Trump will have its talking point ready, an extralegal deeply muddled argument for refusing to accept the result.

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      15 hours ago

      Weaponized incompetence taken to a brand new level. I wonder which fascist came up with this idea.

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    17 hours ago

    That sounds just like donnie’s personal lawyer!

    { Blanche repeats his catchphrase; play laugh track, cue the Blanche, Donnie’s Personal Laywer sitcom music played over credits… }