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Fmr. DOJ Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer: Trump needs enablers.Todd Blanche is exactly that.

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What [Trump] needs is people who will enable him to use those powers in ways that they are not designed and not intended, and Todd Blanche has demonstrated that he is one of those people."

Liz Oyer, who was fired from Trump's Justice Department after refusing to recommend that actor and Trump supporter Mel Gibson get his gun rights back, explains Todd Blanche's rise to the top of the Justice Department. Donald Trump yesterday formally nominated him to serve as attorney general of the United States.

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