WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, grilled Acting Attorney General (AG) and AG nominee Todd Blanche on his role in the Trump Administration's corruption of the pardon process at the Department of Justice (DOJ), and in negotiating a settlement between President Trump and the Internal Revenue Service. In his remarks, Senator Welch emphasized that Acting AG Blanche's demonstrated loyalty to President Trump-his former client-is prioritized ahead of the Americans he has been entrusted to serve.
"We cannot have a Justice Department that makes prosecutions of American citizens-whether they're in office or not-on the basis of the ...