'Should Todd Blanche's DOJ target Trump's enemies?': Schiff asks; Ashcroft delivers blunt response

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) asks former Attorney General John Ashcroft if it is "appropriate" for a president to ask the DOJ to target "political enemies" for prosecution during a hearing on Todd Blanche's nomination. Schiff presses, saying the former Attorney General is not understanding his question, "You seem to accept the premise that it is okay now for a president to call the attorney general ask him to prosecute his enemies." Ashcroft responds that the president must a advocate for strong law enforcement, "and if an enemy of the president goes out and conducts a violent crime, there's nothing wrong with the president calling the attorney general" to get something done. Schiff then asks if he would prosecute examples like Trump targeting former FBI Director James Comey over the "86 47" seashell photo he posted. "I hope you wouldn't have, if you would have, you're not the attorney general I thought you were," Schiff says. Ashcroft declines to respond.