S2 Ep163: Trump’s Pick for Attorney General Is Even WORSE Than You Think
The Illegal News with Sarah Longwell
The Bulwark
4.9 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Trump's AG nominee Todd Blanche lost Trump's own criminal trial, built an illegal slush fund, and lied on Fox News—and Republicans are confirming him anyway. Sarah Longwell and Andrew Weissmann discuss what Democrats can actually do at the hearing, why Trump is screaming election fraud while gutting the unit that investigates it, and why his DOJ now holding the only copy of the Fulton County ballots should concern you. Plus: A federal judge ruled Trump's Kennedy Center takeover illegal, his lawyers told a court they could bulldoze the Statue of Liberty, and there's now a grotesque 92-foot metal structure on the White House lawn
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| 0:00.0 | Let me ask you something, Andrew. |
| 0:01.8 | Were you a Hills person? |
| 0:03.8 | Were you a real world person? |
| 0:05.2 | A Hills person? |
| 0:07.7 | You know, an apprentice person. |
| 0:09.2 | Did you watch any of those shows? |
| 0:11.6 | Zero. |
| 0:16.6 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to the illegal news. |
| 0:19.7 | I'm Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bullwork, |
| 0:22.4 | and I am joined today by best-selling author of Liar's Kingdom, Andrew Weissman. My fave, what's going on, man? |
| 0:29.2 | You know what? I think we should not even mention the book, because I think people are going to be like, |
| 0:33.6 | and I'm done. Yeah, and that's fair. It's fair. |
| 0:36.6 | Even I, like, it's like, I'm done. It's done. Yeah. And that's fair. It's fair. By the way, even I like, it's like, I'm done. It's like the book tour is, it was fun. It was great. I'm grateful. There's tons of news. Yeah, tons of news. I'm turning to Mary McCord. She's had a good effect on me. She, I, hey, Mary is sharp. She was on point. |
| 0:55.5 | Uh, big fan of hers. |
| 0:56.7 | Okay. |
| 0:57.2 | For the, today's topics, I want to start with Todd Blanche. |
| 0:59.7 | Now, we talked about Todd Blanche last time and we were kind of speculating, but like, |
| 1:03.8 | he's coming up for confirmation. |
| 1:05.1 | And I, I really want to talk about this. |
| 1:08.8 | Um, so do I. |
| 1:09.9 | I have, I have like A to Z, Z, Z, Z issues and topics and things to discuss and things that I hope |
| 1:21.9 | the Senate asked him tons. |
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