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Kristen Welker: “Todd Blanch has gone from President Trump's personal lawyer…”

Featuring: Kristen Welker, Host of Meet the Press | National

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Meet the Press Full Episode — August 16

Published | Video Starts at 01:55

Democrats are racing to unite a party pulled between its progressive and moderate wings. While Republicans face rising gas prices and an Iran war that is getting harder to control. And it's against that backdrop that Todd Blanch has gone from President Trump's personal lawyer to the man now in charge of [the] Justice Department. He survived a bruising confirmation fight, including Republican opposition over President Trump's so called anti weaponization fund. Now the test can Blanch run the Justice Department independently of the president he once represented. (01:55)

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Asserts that Todd Blanch, formerly President Trump's personal lawyer, is now leading the Justice Department.

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