Former AG: Blanche is 'Partly Right' on DOJ Independence

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Former AG: Blanche is 'Partly Right' on DOJ Independence. Former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says Attorney General Todd Blanche is "partly right" in arguing that the Justice Department should not operate independently of the White House, saying an attorney general should carry out a president's law-enforcement priorities but remain independent when it comes to investigations and prosecutions. Gonzales calls it "absolutely wrong" for a president to publicly direct an attorney general to investigate or prosecute someone without a legal basis. He also weighs in on the Justice Department's expanded election monitoring and efforts to obtain state voter rolls, saying "there is no evidence" of alleged massive voter fraud. He speaks with Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu on the late edition of Bloomberg's "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)

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Former AG: Blanche is 'Partly Right' on DOJ Independence.Supported · Medium-high confidence

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Former AG: Blanche is 'Partly Right' on DOJ Independence.

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