Why Todd Blanche Is So Unqualified to Be Attorney General, feat. Harry Litman

If you love What Next, join Slate Plus at https://slate.com/youtubeplus?utm_sou... to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Todd Blanche’s hearing to become US Attorney General has begun. With a resume that includes the president’s $1.8 billion slush fund and, uh, the “handling” of the Epstein files, what could they possibly have to talk about? Guest: Harry Litman, former US attorney, former deputy assistant attorney general, host of Talking Feds, the podcast and Substack. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Rob Gunther, Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort. Video production by Evan Campbell. Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD. Social: @maryharris on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/maryharris.b... Note: Captions are auto-generated by YouTube. Learn more: https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next Follow Slate on Social: Slate on Twitter -   / slate   Slate Podcasts on Twitter -   / slatepodcasts   Slate on Facebook:   / slate   Slate on Instagram:   / slate