petersuber<p>Who will replace <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CarlaHayden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarlaHayden</span></a> as Librarian of Congress?</p><p>Donald <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> just nominated <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ToddBlanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToddBlanche</span></a>.<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-library-congress-todd-blanche-carla-hayden-cc2154fa8644a5c29d196e505e4faa51" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-libra</span><span class="invisible">ry-congress-todd-blanche-carla-hayden-cc2154fa8644a5c29d196e505e4faa51</span></a></p><p>Blanche is a lawyer, not a librarian, and defended Trump against charges of falsifying business records. That's the trial in which Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies. </p><p>Blanche has also defended Rudolph Giuliani and Paul Manafort. </p><p>In 2023 Blanche was a registered <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a> in New York, and in 2024 became a registered <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> in Florida.<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Blanche" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Bla</span><span class="invisible">nche</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LOC</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>