00:00At one point when he referred to the attack on the Capitol that occurred on January 6, 2021, we all
00:07remember it, we went through it, we saw it, the attack on the Capitol, which injured and contributed to deaths
00:18of our Capitol Police.
00:22He referred to it as, quote unquote, events. He couldn't bring himself to refer to it as an attack, as
00:33it clearly was.
00:34Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I begin with a quote. I'm his lawyer. I'm his lawyer, is what Todd
00:45Blanche said in the course of his confirmation hearing before the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate.
00:54I'm his lawyer, meaning I'm Donald Trump's lawyer. Now, admittedly, he had no intention of saying it that way. He
01:09had no intention of allowing that revelation to slip.
01:15But it was a glaring illustration of his mindset. He was, he is now, and he will be Donald Trump's
01:30lawyer, his personal lawyer, as he was during criminal and civil trials, a trusted, loyal consigliere.
01:42He's not an independent lawyer with a law firm. He is in-house. He is literally kept by the president
01:54on his personal leash.
02:02You may think I'm overstating it. But, in fact, he demonstrated throughout that hearing.
02:09And the through line was, he will be guided by blind loyalty to the president and contempt for the law,
02:19enabling the president in continued corrupt crypto schemes,
02:25as well as condoning and empowering the president to establish a slush fund for January 6th rioters, as well as
02:41tax immunity.
02:43Even though, purportedly, those agreements were limited, he will enable the president to circumvent the so-called agreements, which are
02:54a sham.
02:55They are a fraud on the United States Senate, just as Todd Blanche committed a fraud on the Florida United
03:07States District Court that referred him to the New York Bar for investigation in connection with that wrongdoing.
03:19Maya Angelou famously said, quote, quote, when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time, end quote.
03:28And Todd Blanche has shown us repeatedly who he is, who his boss is, and whose loyalty he will hold
03:40uppermost.
03:43You know, I was a United States attorney in Connecticut for four and a half years,
03:48part of the Department of Justice, which I revered, more than just respected, in fact,
03:55revered, because it epitomized what lawyers should be in upholding the highest standards
04:04of ethics and morality. Even when we made an error, we were supposed to state it, in effect,
04:13acknowledge it before the court. I will never forget the first time I appeared before a
04:21United States District Court judge in Connecticut, a former federal prosecutor himself, and he
04:27asked me, who do you work for? And I said, the government. He said, no, you work for and
04:41you represent the United States of America. Think of it for a moment, walking into a courtroom
04:49representing the United States of America, sworn to uphold the Constitution, not any president,
04:59not a legislature, the United States of America. That is not what Todd Blanch has done as a Justice
05:10Department official under Donald Trump. It is not what he will do, as he showed clearly. Nothing
05:17epitomizes it better than the answer he gave at one point when he referred to the attack on the
05:26Capitol that occurred on January 6, 2021. We all remember it. We went through it. We saw it,
05:34the attack on the Capitol, which injured and contributed to deaths of our Capitol Police. He referred to it as,
05:46quote-unquote, events. He couldn't bring himself to refer to it as an attack, as it clearly was,
05:55because Donald Trump will not allow any of his nominees to refer to the January 6 riot and insurrection
06:06as an attack on the Capitol. It was an attack designed to prevent the lawful and peaceful transition
06:15of power. And to call it anything else is disrespectful to the brave Capitol Police who defended us that day,
06:28and disqualifying for a judicial nominee and for any position of trust in the United States government.
06:39Earlier today, I participated in a press conference with some of the prosecutors, the career prosecutors,
06:49who pursued convictions of those rioters for the serious violations of federal law that they incurred.
07:04They made the point that the failure to acknowledge an attack on the Capitol, or that President Biden won the
07:162020 election,
07:18shows a lack of independence that should be disqualifying. They have submitted a letter to all of us here.
07:26I ask that it may be made a part of the record. Without objection? Because they make the point that
07:38these statements by nominees for executive office or for judgeships, in effect, perpetuate the big lie. Election deniers
07:51have no place on the bench or in the Department of Justice. And in fact, in response to my submitted
07:58questions relating to the 2020 election, Todd Blanche refused to state that Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
08:07And he stood by his prior statements, perpetuating the big lie. The through line here is, whatever Donald Trump says,
08:17does. Todd Blanche does. He will do anything, say anything, conceal anything that serves Donald Trump's interests.
08:29Subscribe to One India and never miss an update. Download the One India app now.
Comments