Blanche says ‘of course’ he’ll consider Trump’s opinion on reviving prosecutions

Attorney General Todd Blanche stated on NBC's Meet the Press that he will not pledge the Justice Department's independence from the White House. Blanche confirmed he will consider President Trump's views regarding individual prosecutions and the revival of certain cases. While he refused to guarantee total independence, Blanche asserted that the president has never asked him to prosecute specific individuals and claimed that no attorney general should ever pledge such independence from the president of the United States.