By
Elie Honig,
a former federal and state prosecutor and a contributor to CAFE
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has now been formally nominated for the permanent job as the nation’s top law-enforcement official. His quest for confirmation will play out over the summer, and even with a 53-47 Republican advantage in the Senate, it looks like a toss-up.
Hanging over Blanche’s confirmation hearings are damaging new revelations about the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. No senator will be able to cast a vote for him without either embracing or forgiving his cynical politicization of the Epstein matter.
