Todd Blanche torched after writing off DOJ independence as ‘misperception’ in brazen boast

Attorney General Todd Blanche set off a firestorm with a candid admission about whom he really answers to inside the Justice Department.Appearing Wednesday on "Pod Force One," Blanche waved away the idea that federal prosecutors are supposed to keep the president at arm's length. "There was this misperception that there's this separation and independence between the Department of Justice and the White House, and everybody likes to champion that, and they accused me of not suffering from independence," Blanche said. "I don't," he added.He went further, framing his loyalty in personal terms. "I work for President Trump."The comments fly in the face of a norm Justice Department leaders of both parties honored for roughly half a century. After Watergate, the DOJ put new policies in place to wall itself off from the White House, The New Republic noted in its coverage of Blanche's comments.A clip of the remarks, shared by...