Investigate and Disbar Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche

Todd Blanche is supposed to uphold the rule of law. Instead, he is abusing the power of the Justice Department to protect Donald Trump and punish Trump’s perceived enemies.

A formal complaint filed by the nonpartisan Legal Accountability Center already asks the New York Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department to investigate Blanche’s conduct, including alleged conflicts of interest, supervisory responsibility for misconduct by DOJ lawyers, and alleged assistance or counseling of illegal conduct by the Trump administration.

Now new concerns are mounting. Reports and court filings accuse Blanche of misleading the public, making false claims about targets of DOJ prosecutions, and helping turn federal law enforcement into a weapon of political revenge.

Tell the New York Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department: investigate Todd Blanche immediately and pursue discipline up to disbarment if he violated the rules of professional conduct.

Lawyers are officers of the court. They do not get to abandon their ethical duties because they hold powerful government jobs. In fact, when an attorney helps lead the Justice Department, the stakes are even higher. The public must be able to trust that prosecutors are following facts and law — not personal loyalty to a president.

The grievance committee has the authority to investigate serious misconduct by New York attorneys. It can examine the complaint, gather evidence, review Blanche’s conduct, and pursue accountability if the facts support it.

Add your name now and demand the New York Attorney Grievance Committee investigate Todd Blanche and seek the strongest appropriate discipline if he violated his ethical obligations.

The petition to the New York Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department reads:

"Open a full disciplinary investigation into Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Review all credible evidence of conflicts of interest, misleading public statements, supervisory misconduct, and abuse of prosecutorial power. If the investigation finds that Blanche violated the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, pursue the strongest appropriate discipline, up to and including disbarment."