If you were still acting as a prosecutor, could you have made the case for vandalism here? Look, the standard for vandalism in the District of Columbia is maliciously injuring, breaking or destroying private or public property. Todd Blanche is the acting attorney general and the nominee to be permanently the attorney general. Now, I will note that a case like this - a relatively small vandalism case in a local jurisdiction - probably isn't the sort that would bubble up to the attorney general of the United States. INSKEEP: Elliot Williams is a former deputy assistant attorney general.