At his confirmation hearing, Todd Blanche confirms "I'm recused" from cases involving his former client, Donald Trump. The clip cuts to CPAC, where Blanche said over 200 Justice Department staff who worked on those cases left, were fired or took early retirement. He added that no federal agent tied to the prosecution of President Trump remains at the FBI, crediting Director Patel.
The receipt
- Who
- Todd Blanche
- Where
- hearing - Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, intercut with a CPAC
- Original footage
- Sen. Adam Schiff · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 58 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 38,215 on Instagram
Read the transcript
I'm recused, correct. So if he recused himself from work on any of these cases, why was he bragging at a conservative convention, CPAC, about firing all the prosecutors and all the FBI agents who had investigated his former client, Donald Trump? How many have been KN? Over 200. Over 200 either left before we came in, because they knew it was coming or were fired or took early retirement, they are no longer employed by this department. And when it comes to the FBI, which takes a lot of criticism, especially because of what happened over the past several years, Director Patel has cleaned house there, too. There isn't a single man or woman with a gun, federal agent, still in that organization that had anything to do with the prosecution of President Trump.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.