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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rachel Dobkin

Trump’s acting DOJ chief Todd Blanche refutes Obama’s concerns about his targeting of president’s critics: ‘Simply false’

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche has refuted former President Barack Obama’s concerns that his Justice Department is targeting President Donald Trump’s critics.

"The White House shouldn't be able to direct the attorney general to go around prosecuting whoever the president wants to prosecute," Obama told Stephen Colbert, host of CBS’ The Late Show, in an interview that aired Tuesday night.

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