'Should Todd Blanche's DOJ Target Trump's Enemies?': Schiff Asks; Ashcroft Delivers Blunt Response

DOJ Has A ‘Duty’ To Prosecute President’s ‘Political Enemies’ If They Broke The Law

Ashcroft defends DOJ's duty to prosecute political enemies if the law is broken, rejecting weaponization claims.

Former Attorney General Teaches Adam Schiff a Lesson About How the Law Works During Hearing

I didn’t know there was a particular carve-out in the U.S. Constitution or in federal law where, if you’ve very publicly made yourself an enemy of the president, your past […] The post Watch: Former Attorney General Teaches Adam Schiff a Lesson About How the Law Works During Hearing appeared first on The Western Journal.

Schiff Cornered — Ashcroft Flips The Script

An 84-year-old former Attorney General just turned a Democratic senator’s own argument against him on the floor of a Senate confirmation hearing — and the exchange is going viral. Story Snapshot Senator Adam Schiff pressed former Attorney General John Ashcroft on whether a president can order the Justice Department to prosecute political enemies. Ashcroft agreed...

Ashcroft Rips Apart Sen. Schiff on DOJ Weaponization

Former AG Ashcroft ripped apart Democrats' narrative that the Trump administration is using the Justice Department to prosecute

Ex-AG Ashcroft explains concept of ‘public enemies’ at Todd Blanche hearing

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, July 16, 2026 Non-AI Real World News During Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, current Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, former AG John Ashcroft took California Democrat Sen. Adam Schiff to school on the boundaries of executive power and Department of Justice independence. […]

'Should Todd Blanche's DOJ target Trump's enemies?': Schiff asks; Ashcroft delivers blunt response

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) asks former Attorney General John Ashcroft if it is "appropriate" for a president to ask the DOJ to target "political enemies" for prosecution during a hearing on Todd Blanche's nomination. Schiff presses, saying the former Attorney General is not understanding his question, "You seem to accept the premise that it is okay now for a president to call the attorney general ask him to prosecute his enemies." Ashcroft responds…