The No. 2 lawyer at the DOJ , a former criminal defense attorney for Donald Trump , sparked furious reaction on Tuesday after defending on CNN the idea that a group of women who showed up at a Washington, D.C., restaurant to yell at the president did such extensive "damage" that launching Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) probes could be the appropriate response.

Todd Blanche, Trump's onetime attorney in his hush-money and Mar-a-Lago Espionage Act prosecutions, joined CNN's Kaitlan Collins and was asked about Code Pink activists swarming Joe's Seafood restaurant on Sept. 9 to chant "Free D.C., free Palestine, Trump is the Hitler of our time!" as the president and cabinet members including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of Def

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