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In a seemingly partisan attack on Sunday morning television, \u201cMeet the Press\u201d host Kristen Welker badgered Attorney General Todd Blanche over whether he would pledge to remain completely \u201cindependent\u201d from President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

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Welker grilled Blanche on his past as Trump\u2019s personal defense attorney, demanding to know if the Department of Justice would operate free from White House influence, querying, \u201cYou of course used to be President Trump\u2019s former personal defense attorney. Can you pledge that the Justice Department will always act independently of the White House?\u201d<\/p>\n

Blanche shot back, rejecting the premise of her question entirely. \u201cNo, I\u2019m not going to pledge that,\u201d he declared. \u201cAnd no attorney general should ever pledge that. \u2026 If I were to pledge I will be independent of the White House, what that means is that if President Trump says, \u2018I want the Department of Justice to go after every violent criminal in this country\u2019 \u2014 which is what he has said \u2014 what you\u2019re saying to me is I should say, \u2018No, sir, I\u2019m not going to do it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis narrative that\u2019s mostly pushed by the Left and pushed by the media that the president\u2019s going to pull me aside and ask me to do something illegal is completely a false narrative, not true, will not happen, and hasn\u2019t happened,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Obama\u2019s bagman Eric Holder would like a word\u2026<\/p>\n

Meet the Press is a joke. https:\/\/t.co\/7WN8GsICmL<\/p>\n

\u2014 Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 16, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yet, while the media routinely obsesses over hypothetical concerns regarding Trump\u2019s control over the Justice Department, conservative critics point to history, arguing that the double standard is glaring. Under the previous administration, President Barack Obama used Attorney General Eric Holder and the DOJ as political weapons to advance a partisan agenda and bypass constitutional limitations.<\/p>\n

While news anchors now demand strict walls between the White House and the DOJ, legal scholars and conservative watchdogs posited that rather than acting as an independent officer sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution, Holder functioned as Obama\u2019s personal defense attorney and political operative. During that era, the DOJ selectively enforced laws, as it chose not to enforce federal laws that conflicted with the administration\u2019s political goals (such as certain federal drug laws or portions of immigration law) while it targeted political opponents.<\/p>\n

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The controversial track record included\u00a0Operation Fast and Furious, where\u00a0the ATF \u201cgun-walking\u201d operation\u00a0was allowed to proceed. Critics argued\u00a0the DOJ allowed illegal weapons to flow into Mexico to build a public political case for stricter domestic gun control laws.\u00a0When Congress launched an investigation into the botched operation, Holder refused to hand over documents, leading the House of Representatives to hold him in contempt of Congress.<\/p>\n

Rather than demanding transparency,\u00a0President Obama made the decision to invoke executive privilege to shield Holder.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, press freedom advocates and conservative commentators previously raised alarms over\u00a0the DOJ\u2019s actions against journalists, including the secret seizure of Associated Press phone records and naming Fox News reporter James Rosen as a \u201cco-conspirator\u201d in a leak investigation.<\/p>\n

Critics also pointed to electoral policy, claiming the\u00a0DOJ used civil rights enforcement and voting rights lawsuits to mobilize the Democratic base and block state-level voter ID laws.<\/p>\n

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In a seemingly partisan attack on Sunday morning television, \u201cMeet the Press\u201d host Kristen Welker badgered Attorney General Todd Blanche over whether he would pledge to remain completely \u201cindependent\u201d from President Donald Trump.Welker grilled Blanche on his past as Trump\u2019s personal defense attorney, demanding to know if the Department of Justice would operate free from White House influence, querying, \u201cYou of course used to be President Trump\u2019s former personal defense attorney. Can you pledge that the Justice Department will always act independently of the White House?\u201dBlanche shot back, rejecting the premise of her question entirely. \u201cNo, I\u2019m not going to pledge that,\u201d he declared. \u201cAnd no attorney general should ever pledge that. \u2026 If I were to pledge I will be independent of the White House, what that means is that if President Trump says, \u2018I want the Department of Justice to go after every violent criminal in this country\u2019 \u2014 which is what he has said \u2014 what you\u2019re saying to me is I should say, \u2018No, sir, I\u2019m not going to do it.\u2019\u201d\u201cThis narrative that\u2019s mostly pushed by the Left and pushed by the media that the president\u2019s going to pull me aside and ask me to do something illegal is completely a false narrative, not true, will not happen, and hasn\u2019t happened,\u201d he added.Obama\u2019s bagman Eric Holder would like a word\u2026Meet the Press is a joke. https:\/\/t.co\/7WN8GsICmL\u2014 Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 16, 2026Yet, while the media routinely obsesses over hypothetical concerns regarding Trump\u2019s control over the Justice Department, conservative critics point to history, arguing that the double standard is glaring. Under the previous administration, President Barack Obama used Attorney General Eric Holder and the DOJ as political weapons to advance a partisan agenda and bypass constitutional limitations.While news anchors now demand strict walls between the White House and the DOJ, legal scholars and conservative watchdogs posited that rather than acting as an independent officer sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution, Holder functioned as Obama\u2019s personal defense attorney and political operative. During that era, the DOJ selectively enforced laws, as it chose not to enforce federal laws that conflicted with the administration\u2019s political goals (such as certain federal drug laws or portions of immigration law) while it targeted political opponents.The controversial track record included\u00a0Operation Fast and Furious, where\u00a0the ATF \u201cgun-walking\u201d operation\u00a0was allowed to proceed. Critics argued\u00a0the DOJ allowed illegal weapons to flow into Mexico to build a public political case for stricter domestic gun control laws.\u00a0When Congress launched an investigation into the botched operation, Holder refused to hand over documents, leading the House of Representatives to hold him in contempt of Congress.Rather than demanding transparency,\u00a0President Obama made the decision to invoke executive privilege to shield Holder.Furthermore, press freedom advocates and conservative commentators previously raised alarms over\u00a0the DOJ\u2019s actions against journalists, including the secret seizure of Associated Press phone records and naming Fox News reporter James Rosen as a \u201cco-conspirator\u201d in a leak investigation.Critics also pointed to electoral policy, claiming the\u00a0DOJ used civil rights enforcement and voting rights lawsuits to mobilize the Democratic base and block state-level voter ID laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"yoast_head":"\nLiberal Host Challenges Trump\u2019s AG On His Loyalty, He Doesn\u2019t Take The Bait - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2361\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liberal Host Challenges Trump\u2019s AG On His Loyalty, He Doesn\u2019t Take The Bait - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a seemingly partisan attack on Sunday morning television, \u201cMeet the Press\u201d host Kristen Welker badgered Attorney General Todd Blanche over whether he would pledge to remain completely \u201cindependent\u201d from President Donald Trump.Welker grilled Blanche on his past as Trump\u2019s personal defense attorney, demanding to know if the Department of Justice would operate free from White House influence, querying, \u201cYou of course used to be President Trump\u2019s former personal defense attorney. 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