Todd Blanche declines to pledge independence from White House
by Michael Sainato from US news | The Guardian on (#77QJ9)
US attorney general says no one in his role should ever' make this vow amid concern over Trump steering DoJ
US attorney general Todd Blanche on Sunday declined to assure that the federal justice department he helms would always act independently of the White House and Donald Trump.
No, I'm not going to pledge that," he said when asked about the topic by NBC's Meet the Press host, Kristen Welker. And no attorney general should ever pledge that."
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