Deputy Attorney General Who Defended Trump in Hush Money Trial is Named Acting Librarian of Congress

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who represented Donald Trump during his 2024 criminal trial, has been appointed acting librarian of Congress, the Justice Department said Monday. Blanche replaces longtime librarian Carla Hayden, whom the White House fired last week amid criticism from conservatives that she was advancing a “woke” agenda. [...]

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters Monday that lawmakers are investigating whether Trump has the power to fire the librarian of Congress, who is technically a legislative branch employee. “We want to make sure congressional equities are respected and protected in this process,” Thune said. [...]

The implications of Trump’s installing a close ally as librarian of Congress could be far-reaching. For instance, the librarian could see requests made by lawmakers to the Congressional Research Service, which are usually seen only by the requesting office and the CRS itself, according to a congressional aide who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The nonpartisan agency is largely known as the think tank of Capitol Hill and provides analyses meant to help lawmakers in the legislative process.
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Our Take: The Library of Congress is the think tank of Capitol Hill? I didn’t know that. It sounds important; like it’s probably holding juicy secrets.

I never cared about the librarian of congress before Senate Republicans became concerned about President Trump appointing a loyalist to the position.

Now I wonder if Todd Blanche is going to find Cíbola – or maybe something even cooler, like prosecutable evidence of government corruption.
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