Today’s notice: Todd Blanche’s audition. Gridlock in the House. Exclusive reporting on a populist Democrat declaring victory in Maine and the research suggesting other Democrats might want to follow his lead. Another exclusive on a potential GAO investigation into FEMA. Plus: The next Supreme Court precedent immigration hawks want overturned.
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Indicted (again): Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has been active, to say the least, since the ouster of his former boss Pam Bondi. In the first 26 days, the DOJ under its new leader has reinstated firing squads, conducted a massive FBI raid on businesses in Minnesota suspected of fraud and indicted a close aide to Trump boogeyman Anthony Fauci.
And for the DOJ’s most aggressive and Trump-pleasing effort, Blanche via a federal prosecutor secured a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey over his now-deleted “86 47” Instagram post, where the numbers were spelled out of seashells.
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For now, the acting attorney general is on a “trial run,” according to two sources familiar with discussions who spoke with NOTUS’ Al Weaver, Jasmine and Jose Pagliery.