Trump’s Goon Cornered on Crackpot Threats to Democrats

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Donald Trump’s law enforcement official was confronted at a press conference on Thursday over comments by Democrats that he believes cross a criminal line, as the president…

Attorney General Todd Blanche scrambled after being exposed for his hypocrisy for threatening to prosecute congressional Democrats who launch investigations into the Trump administration.

Donald Trump’s law enforcement official was confronted at a press conference on Thursday over comments by Democrats that he believes cross a criminal line, as the president himself has lobbed threats against perceived political opponents.

It comes after Blanche claimed on CNN on Sunday that what Democrats have been saying “are outright threats” while discussing planned oversight investigations.

When asked if the threats were a crime, Blanche said: “It depends on what’s said, so yes, there could be.”

When it was pointed out at the Thursday news conference that Trump has directly called for political foes to be prosecuted and jailed, Blanche began to stumble over his previous tough talk.

“What specifically have Democrats said that crosses a criminal line in your view that the president’s statements don’t, and what legal standard are you applying to distinguish the two?” a reporter asked him.

“Well, so it’s not just members of Congress; it’s anybody, anybody associated with any organization or in any Congress, a Republican or Democrat, you’re allowed; free speech is allowed; you could be critical of this administration,” Blanche stammered. “You can certainly be critical of me and critical of President Trump.”

“But there can come a point when a criticism becomes a threat and then when a threat becomes something criminal,” he rambled. “And what that point is, I never said that point has been crossed. I haven’t said that.”

“It should worry Americans that four or five days after an election, the rhetoric is already at this point of unveiled or veiled threats against the administration, against people outside the administration,” Blanche said.

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