WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Adam Schiff issued the following press release:
Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is leading a new inquiry (https://www.schiff.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Letter-from-Sen.-Schiff-and-Colleagues-to-Lauria-on-Blanche-Recusals.pdf) into reports that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was advised by government ethics lawyers at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to recuse himself from cases related to the personal capacity of his former client, President Donald Trump.
Schiff and fellow members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are seeking details (https://www.schiff.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Letter-from-Sen.-Schiff-and-Colleagues-to-Lauria-on-Blanche-Rec...