Ditching post-Watergate reforms

from On the Line with Alicia Menendez · host Alicia Menendez, Melissa Murray, Michael Feinberg, Ken Dilanian, Priya Sridhar, Mark Hertling, James Sample, Molly Jong-Fast, Mychael Schnell

August 17, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down AG Todd Blanche's refusal to pledge he'll run the Department of Justice independently from Pres. Trump. Plus, Trump's latest military decision that one national security expert calls "insane." Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Attorney General Todd Blanche refuses to commit to the independence that was standard under his predecessors.

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