A prominent Democrat on Tuesday night slammed President Donald Trump’s praise of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) made the comments on CNN’s “The Source” with anchor Kaitlin Collins, who asked about Trump’s comments from a news conference earlier in the day, in which he praised Blanche for the work he is doing on the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Crockett said she doesn’t trust Blanche in the same way that the president appears to trust him.
“[Trump] talked about how great [Blanche] is, but the last time I checked, [Blanche] lost that case for the president in New York,” Corckett said. “So, there was definitely a group of jurors who didn’t believe he was this great, incredible attorney to be trusted.”
Crockett was referring to Trump’s state case, where he was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a payment he made to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election. Blanche and the District Attorney of New Jersey, Alina Habba, were Trump’s criminal defense team during the trial.
Blanche has played the part of mediator between the Trump administration and disgraced Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell for the last several weeks. Blanche has met with Maxwell and her attorney at least twice, and experts have speculated that the conversations likely revolve around any damaging information Maxwell may have about Trump.
However, Maxwell’s attorney has also fought against the release of any grand jury materials related to the case. Trump has previously said he would release those files to quell his supporters.