US Politics
A Test of Loyalty: The Blanche Hearing and the Perilous State of Justice
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, defending his independence from President Trump while facing intense scrutiny over a controversial IRS settlement for Trump and the mishandling of Epstein case files. This spectacle lays bare a Justice Department in crisis, where political loyalty and the weaponization of institutions threaten the very foundations of the rule of law and public trust.