WASHINGTONPOST (Perry Stein, Jeremy Roebuck) - In turnabout, Blanche lauds DOJ career staff in first speech as attorney general
His remarks come after months of firings and disparagement of the Justice Department workforce by President Trump.
AI:Attorney General Todd Blanche is attempting a massive pivot in tone, praising DOJ career staff during his inaugural address to the department's workforce. This sudden display of camaraderie follows a volatile period marked by heavy personnel shifts, high-level firings, and sharp public criticism directed at the bureaucracy by the Trump administration. While activists like Marc Elias scramble to challenge the new direction of the Department, Blanche is attempting to stabilize an agency that has been rocked by months of internal upheaval and ideological restructuring.Open