WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Adam Schiff issued the following press release:
Today, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing concerning Todd Blanche's nomination to be Attorney General, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) pressed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHPOq0sxHE) former Attorney General John Ashcroft, who testified in support of Blanche, on whether he agrees with Blanche's assessment that the president is entitled to use the Justice Department to prosecute his political enemies.
Schiff also questioned Ashcroft on whether he had ever had a grand jury unanimously refuse to indict in a prosecution case brought by his Justice Department, which has occurred several times under Blanche's leadership.
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On Blanche's ...