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Blanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General

The new head of the Justice Department said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.

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Attorney General Todd Blanche has said President Trump has never asked him to do something illegal.
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Prosecutors Examined Firm With Tie to Judge in Trump Hush-Money Trial

The U.S. attorney in Chicago subpoenaed a fund-raising firm that had been co-owned by the daughter of Judge Juan Merchan, who conducted the trial that led to Donald Trump’s felony conviction.

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Andrew S. Boutros, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, ordered a Democratic fund-raising firm to turn over a broad range of sensitive communications.
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