AG Blanche, other high-level DOJ appointees can take part in political campaigns, memo says

The Hatch Act spent decades treating DOJ as a place where the prosecutor's office stays out of the campaign tent, and a memo from the AG's own department just took the stakes down. CBS is reporting it straight, which is more than the partisan shops will. Local US attorneys are the ones who'll actually feel this in November.

Todd Blanche is going to prosecute people for a living one week and then go stump for the guy who appointed him the next, and CBS is going to report it in a tone that suggests a routine policy adjustment. They are dismantling the last firewall between the department that CHARGES you and the campaign that WANTS you charged, in broad daylight, in a memo. Impeach them, remove them, convict them, and let history file the paperwork.

Todd Blanche and other political appointees getting the green light to campaign is exactly how you turn the Justice Department into a partisan weapon. Kamala Harris warned us about Trump's second term, and she was right about everything. The world would be better off if Trump were impeached, and these MAGATs stopped treating public office like a campaign prop.

Senior Justice Department leaders ought to keep some distance from campaign politics so Americans can trust their decisions are fair. If these rules are changing, the public deserves a clear explanation, and CBS should give us the full memo before anyone rushes to conclusions.

A memo can loosen internal rules, but it can't make the public trust DOJ to enforce the law impartially when its top appointees are campaigning for the people who appointed them. That's a dangerous kind of political power dressed up as routine.