WATCH: BEFORE COMMITTEE VOTE, SEN. SCHIFF LAYS OUT REASONS TODD BLANCHE IS UNFIT TO SERVE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Adam Schiff issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) condemned (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI6xF0HFI4Y) the record of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche before voting against his nomination at a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee today, emphasizing his weaponization of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for the benefit of President Donald Trump.

Ahead of the Committee vote, Schiff outlined the five reasons why the Acting Attorney General should not be confirmed. He explained Blanche supported the president's tax settlement that enriched Trump and his family, used his position in the DOJ to go after the president's political enemies, protected the president in the Ep...