Lawyer urges Senate not to confirm Todd Blanche, alleges release of survivors' personal information

A speaker who identified themself as Todd Blanche's lawyer said Todd Blanche should not be confirmed as attorney general, alleging that "He's released their personal information in an incredibly botched process" and that the release put survivors in danger. The speaker opened the remarks by stating, "Todd Blanche should not be confirmed as attorney general."

A questioner in the same exchange asked whether Blanche "cared, or did he take the meeting for the sake of saving his nomination?" and accused him of acting to "check a box so that he can get a promotion." The questioner said "there was no remorse" and called the encounter "demoralizing," and later asserted Blanche "will always ask himself interest first" and that "he will always protect the people that he wants to protect and not the country."

The speaker who identified themself as Blanche's lawyer reiterated opposition to any support for confirmation, saying, "Why he would receive a single vote is beyond me." The transcript also records the speaker saying, "Oversight Democrats, again, are demanding and asking the senate to not confirm Todd Blanch" (the transcript contains this spelling variant); references to that group are here normalized to "Oversight Committee Democrats" per the meeting's known proper-name usage.

The transcript does not record a vote, a formal motion, or a procedural outcome. No response from Blanche or a recorded rebuttal appears in the provided excerpt. The remarks in the transcript are limited to objections, allegations about the handling of survivors' information, questions about motive and remorse, and a call for the Senate not to confirm the nominee.