Revision History

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has publicly argued that President Trump has the "right" and "duty" to direct Department of Justice investigations into political opponents, dismissing the traditional firewall between the White House and federal law enforcement as fiction. The claim, grounded in the unitary executive theory, arrives as courts have dismissed or challenged multiple politically charged prosecutions launched under the Trump DOJ, raising questions about whether constitutional structure permits or prohibits a president from turning the justice system against adversaries.