Senate Judiciary will question Todd Blanche for attorney general on July 15
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This story is about Research lead: Todd Blanche attorney general confirmation hearing. This bill would prohibit political appointees from being nominated as IGs under the same President.
If passed, it would:
- prohibit political appointees from being nominated as IGs under the same President • make watchdog offices more structurally independent from White House political staffing.
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This story is about Research lead: Todd Blanche attorney general confirmation hearing. This bill would bar covered executive-branch officials from asking DOJ for politically motivated investigations or prosecutions.
If passed, it would
- bar covered executive-branch officials from asking DOJ for politically motivated investigations or prosecutions • require DOJ employees to report prohibited requests to the DOJ Inspector General.
This story is about Research lead: Todd Blanche attorney general confirmation hearing. This bill would establish an EOP Inspector General.
If passed, it would
- establish an EOP Inspector General • tighten removal protections for certain IGs.
This story is about Research lead: Todd Blanche attorney general confirmation hearing. This bill would establish an IG for the Executive Office of the President.
If passed, it would
- establish an IG for the Executive Office of the President • add a new independent audit/investigative channel for misconduct around the presidency.
This story is about Research lead: Todd Blanche attorney general confirmation hearing. This bill would narrow who would serve as acting IG and create a court-involved appointment process when the first assistant cannot serve.
If passed, it would
- narrow who can serve as acting IG and create a court-involved appointment process when the first assistant cannot serve • reduce the President’s ability to shape IG vacancies informally.
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