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Todd Blanche: “The president is the [Attorney General's] boss, and he is…”

Featuring: Todd Blanche, Republican | United States Deputy Attorney General | National

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Extended interview: Acting AG Todd Blanche on Epstein files, Trump involvement in DOJ

Published | Video Starts at 11:03

Well, I suppose I would ask you to define calling the shots because the president is the. We can read Article 2 together of the Constitution. It puts the power of the executive in one man, and that's The president is the [Attorney General's] boss, and he is. Every president is the attorney general's boss from the time the Constitution was enacted. and the time that an attorney general was selected. And so who is calling the shots? (11:03–11:20)

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Asserts that the President is the ultimate authority over the Attorney General as per the Constitution.

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