← Eight Days After Being Sworn In, Attorney General Todd Blanche Refuses to Pledge That the Justice Department Will Act Independently of the White House — "No Attorney General Should Ever Pledge That"
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“There is this extraordinarily false narrative that the president wakes up in the morning and calls me and says, 'Todd, go prosecute X or Y.' He does not do that.
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Meet the Press transcript, August 16, 2026 — Blanche rejecting the characterization that Trump directs individual prosecutions.