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Committee member urges blocking of deputy attorney general's confirmation, accuses him of shielding powerful figures
Summary
The committee member urged that the deputy attorney general (named in the transcript with inconsistent spellings) should not become attorney general, alleging he acts as the president's attorney, blocked investigations, and created protections for certain individuals.
A committee member urged that the deputy attorney general named in the transcript should not be confirmed as attorney general, saying the official "serves as a president's attorney and not on behalf of the American people." The member accused the official of blocking investigations into deaths (named in the transcript as Renee Goode and Alex Prady), granting a "super pardon" to the president and his family, and creating a $2,000,000,000 fund to compensate January 6 defendants.
"Todd Blanche [name as spoken in the transcript] blocked investigations into the murders of Renee Goode and Alex Prady," the committee member said, and charged that the official had "given Trump and his sons a super pardon that gives them lifelong protection from any investigation, audit, lawsuit, or prosecution by any federal agency." The speaker also alleged the official "created the $2,000,000,000 fund to pay January 6 insurrectionists."
The transcript records these allegations as the committee member's statements; the hearing did not include testimony from the named official or DOJ representatives to confirm or deny these claims. The member used these allegations to argue that the official should not be confirmed as attorney general.
