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Dick Durbin: “One of Mr. Blanche's first acts as Deputy Attorney General…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Durbin Slams DOJ "Deal" On "Anti-Weaponization" Slush Fund During Todd Blanche's Nomination Markup

Published | Video Starts at 05:29

This is no surprise coming from the man who declared that the Justice Department is, quote, at war with the courts. These are not the words of someone who would serve our nation as a top law enforcement official. One of Mr. Blanche's first acts as Deputy Attorney General is to issue a memo gutting DOJ's crypto crime enforcement. which allowed the President to rake in $1.4 billion in a crypto windfall last year, even as Americans reported billions of dollars in cryptocurrency fraud losses. The President did just fine, thank you. (05:29–05:38)

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