Cory Booker rips Todd Blanche’s AG bid and corruption: ‘World’s greatest presidential tax cheat’

Published August 4, 2026 1:29pm ET | Updated August 4, 2026 1:29pm ET



Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) blasted Todd Blanche’s bid to become attorney general, accusing Republicans of abandoning Congress’s oversight responsibilities and allowing Donald Trump to profit from the presidency without consequence.

Booker argued that lawmakers failed to adequately scrutinize Trump while advancing Blanche, the president’s former personal defense attorney, to serve as the nation’s top law enforcement official. 

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