Sen. Adam Schiff questions Todd Blanche at a hearing. Blanche says no to making volume two of the Mar-a-Lago report public, though Schiff notes the Justice Department had recommended it. Asked repeatedly to preserve the evidence in cases where he was the defense lawyer, Blanche says only that he will follow the law. Schiff says that shows his conflict of interest as the president's defense lawyer.
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- Who
- Sen. Adam Schiff
- Where
- hearing - Senate confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche, deputy attorney general
- Original footage
- Sen. Adam Schiff · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 41 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
Let me ask you very specifically about the Mar -a -Lago case. The Justice Department formally had recommended volume two be made public. Do you support volume two of the report being made public? No. Okay. Do you commit to preserving the evidence in both those investigations? I commit for sure to following the law and following the rules. But you won't commit to preserving the evidence. Let's say you have the discretion about destroying the evidence. Do you commit today to preserving the evidence in both those cases? I commit to following the law. And if you can't commit to preserving the evidence in those cases, in which you were the defense lawyer, I think again that speaks to the conflict of interest that you have as the president's defense lawyer.
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