WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Chris Coons issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) questioned Todd Blanche, President Trump's nominee for Attorney General of the United States, at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing today, where he pressed Blanche on whether he would stand up to the president and highlighted Blanche's past support for President Trump's mass pardons for January 6 rioters who attacked Capitol Police officers.
President Trump fired former Attorney General Pam Bondi in April, barely a year after taking office, amid reports that he had grown frustrated that the DOJ was not doing enough to prosecute his political opponents. Blanche, President Trump's former personal attorney and Bondi'...