Attorney General Todd Blanche once again threatened to prosecute newly elected Democrats for speech promising accountability for Donald Trump and his cabinet.

For the third time in two days, Blanche warned about comments from Democrats, indicating it was his job as the chief law enforcement official to stop them from escalating to crimes.

Many Democrats campaigned on rooting out government corruption, with promises to hold the Trump administration accountable. Following a big blue sweep in the midterms, Democrats quickly announced probes into top officials, including Blanche himself.

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[–] 89 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Careful Blanche. Remember what happened to Nixon's AG when he was impeached? You're next, fucknugget.

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  • [–] 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Blanche warned about comments from Democrats, indicating it was his job as the chief law enforcement official to stop them from escalating to crimes.

    it's also your job as the chief law enforcement official to stop comments from the trump administration from escalating to crimes, but you're fucking terrible at your job and allowed that to happen constantly, so now we need to prosecute you alongside them. it's not a crime to state what the law says should happen.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 day ago

    There is no law against advocating for impeachment. If there were such a law it would be blatantly unconstitutional on first amendment grounds.

    What I haven't seen pointed out yet is that even if there were some case that could be made, the speech and debate clause still covers this and grants immunity to members of congress for this very reason.

    Unfortunately, even with 56 Democrats in the senate it would still take at least 11 Republican senators to remove Blanche from office (assuming no absences). I'm not terribly optimistic that anything he does will ever be enough to sway those votes. But if anything is likely to do it, it's gonna be systematically tearing through the safeguards that protect those very senators.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 day ago

    When the president is making you do unconstitutional things, maybe you'll realize why you would be running an independent judiciary.

    Bill Clinton must be pissed as hell right now

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  • [–] 10 points 1 day ago

    Drag this fuck to jail. He is responsible for weaponizing the doj and he is a traitor to the constitution and an enemy of America and the constitution.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago

    Todd blanche likes wet socks

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago

    Democrats should just push him further. Any criminal charges will get laughed out of court, and could themselves be grounds for impeachment.

    I think he knows this, which is why he's talking about charges, and not filing them. If he thought it would work, he would have done it already, before the election.

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  • [–] 7 points 13 hours ago

    Conservatism is fascism. Always has been.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago

    Of course he's doing this. He's the president's criminal defense lawyer, it's what mob lawyers are paid to do.

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  • [–] 4 points 16 hours ago

    Love the pic they used for the article. Looks like my toddler nephew’s poopy-time face

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  • [–] 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

    I really don't get why all of Trump's cabinet members don't think there will be consequences. How stupid are these people?

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  • [–] 5 points 12 hours ago

    If Hakeem Jeffries wins the Speaker of the House position, they are right. There will be no consequences.

    Conservatives have a big trick up their sleeve: Hakeem Jeffries is a conservative. In fact, all neoliberals are conservatives and they are in charge of the "Democratic" Party. If they remain in charge if the Dems, they will hand us right back to the fascists. That is their purpose.

    Conservatives are fascists and we are infested with them, even in the Dem party.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    We're so far past the point for impeachment that you'd need a telescope to be able to see it from here. Regardless, nothing a single heavy dose of lead couldn't fix.

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