White House goes into crisis mode as Todd Blanche gets brutal shellacking

At the beginning of his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was forced to listen to a lengthy list of all his alleged failings and controversies while serving in the Justice Department (DOJ) – and the White House immediately rushed to Blanche’s defense in a scrambled frenzy.

Blanche was nominated by President Donald Trump for the position of attorney general, a nomination that has received intense scrutiny given, among other things, his history as the president’s personal lawyer.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke at length at the beginning of the hearing about Blanche’s long list of controversies, including his handling of the DOJ’s botched release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein and the mass exodus of veteran DOJ officials.

Within minutes, the “Rapid Response 47” account on X – an official account of the White House – raced to attack Durbin and accused him of spreading falsehoods.

One criticism voiced by Durbin centered around the sweeping dismissals at the agency overseen by Blanche.

“You have removed from the department some of the most effective prosecutors that have ever served our government,” Durbin said.

The White House responded moments later: “WRONG,” reads a post from the “Rapid Response 47” X account.

“Todd Blanche has ended the weaponization of the Justice Department and returned the focus on keeping Americans safe,” reads the post. “The record drop in violent crime speaks for itself.”

Shortly after, the White House’s X account rapidly fired off several more social media posts in defense of Blanche, suggesting the White House’s great interest in seeing Blanche confirmed as attorney general.