US Politics
The Attorney General for Sale: How Political Payoff Threats Corrupt Justice
President Donald Trump threatened to reinstate a controversial compensation fund for allies if two Republican senators refuse to support his nominee for Attorney General, Todd Blanche. This brazen attempt to leverage the nation's highest law enforcement appointment for political payoffs is a stunning assault on the rule of law and the independence of the Department of Justice, turning a solemn confirmation process into a grotesque political auction.
