More than 1,200 former Justice Department employees are calling on Senators to reject President Donald Trump’s nomination of his former personal attorney, Todd Blanche, to become the next Attorney General, saying he had instilled a “culture of fear” in the department.
The former government lawyers, who have worked across 14 Republican and Democratic administrations, accused Blanche of degrading the workforce by demonizing career employees, driving lawyers out through unethical orders and pulling staff away from mission-critical work to remain loyal to Trump.
