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bigtree

(94,759 posts) Thu Jul 16, 2026, 10:15 AM 5 hrs ago

Todd Blanche's license to practice law falls under the New York State Bar

...the same bar that the judge overseeing the Trump IRS con which rejected it and promised to refer Blanche to the NY bar association for further discipline.

yesterday:

The Hill @thehill
NYC Bar Association opposes Blanche nomination: ‘Unfit’

Link to tweet

U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams oversaw the lawsuit against the IRS, condemning the case as a collusive exercise in self-dealing brought for an "improper purpose". She ordered a copy of her scathing ruling to be sent to the New York State Bar Association, where Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is a member, to aid in ongoing ethics investigations.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5969687-nyc-bar-todd-blanche-attorney-general-opposition/

..there's never been a nominee for AG with this much pending legal baggage. The spectacle of all of this is amazing. The depths...

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Todd Blanche's license to practice law falls under the New York State Bar (Original Post) bigtree 5 hrs ago OP

Can disbarment be far off? Baitball Blogger 4 hrs ago #1

it could take a while bigtree 3 hrs ago #4

Question leftieNanner 4 hrs ago #2

I think that's just been the norm bigtree 3 hrs ago #3

Yes. intheflow 1 hr ago #5

Baitball Blogger

(53,029 posts)

1. Can disbarment be far off?

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 10:36 AM

4 hrs ago

bigtree

(94,759 posts)

4. it could take a while

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 11:47 AM

3 hrs ago

...but it's a foregone conclusion with this missive.

Guiliani's took two years.

leftieNanner

(16,190 posts)

2. Question

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 10:50 AM

4 hrs ago

Can someone be the Attorney General of the United States without a license to practice law?

Asking for a friend.....

bigtree

(94,759 posts)

3. I think that's just been the norm

Reply to leftieNanner (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 11:45 AM

3 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Jul 16, 2026, 01:06 PM - Edit history (1)

...this administration intent on breaking everything they touch.

In fact, I'm certain it's just another norm the 'make a wish' presidency would break, made in the Holder term, I think.

We need a law mandating it.

intheflow

(30,337 posts)

5. Yes.

Reply to leftieNanner (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 01:56 PM

1 hr ago

According to Allison Gill (Mueller, She Wrote) a couple days ago, you "don't need a law license in good standing" to be Attorney General of the US.

At the 23:31 mark:

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