Trump's Nominees: The Cost of Fear Mongering The Senate confirmation hearings this week have left many questioning the process that allowed two questionable nominees to advance without significant opposition.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Jay Clayton, nominated for director of national intelligence, demonstrated a worrying lack of commitment to ethics during their testimony.
Blanche's history with Trump is particularly troubling. As one of the president's lawyers, he was instrumental in overseeing a $1.