At a Monday event honoring law enforcement, Donald J. Trump lavished praise on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, saying that Blanche had kept him out of prison over the years. Blanche originally served as Trump's personal lawyer during the New York hush money trial, where Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to conceal an affair. Trump was later sentenced to an unconditional discharge, meaning no prison time and no fine.
After taking office, Trump appointed Blanche as deputy attorney general and subsequently elevated him to acting attorney general following the dismissal of Pam Bondi. But this is a weird brag to tell a roomful of law enforcement officers, don't you think? It's got that mob-boss feel to it.
"We have a man who's doing a great job," Trump said. "I'll tell you, I knew it because he kept me out of jail for years. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, he kept me out of jail."
"They would indict me left and right," he continued. "The crooked Democrats, you know, it's amazing. They impeach me. They indict me."
"And then when I get in office, if I say something like, well, maybe that should be looked into weaponization, I go through court cases," he insisted. I win them, but because there were fake indictments. But when I even mentioned, like I said the other day, that some of that stuff should be looked into. They said weaponization!"
"He's a terrible human being," he continued. Weaponization. They blame me for weaponization."
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