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Todd Blanche

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Todd Blanche is the nominee for attorney general and a former personal lawyer to Donald Trump.

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"What I can do as its leader, at least right now, is making sure that we continue to push forward on the agenda that we were assigned to do."
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"the structure was 'not unprecedented,' and the payouts would not be limited to Republicans and Trump’s allies."
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"we’re not moving forward with the fund, period."
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"Gaining U.S. citizenship is a privilege and under the steadfast leadership of President Trump, this Department of Justice maintains a zero-tolerance policy for the abuse of this process."
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"Gaining U.S. citizenship is a privilege and under the steadfast leadership of President Trump, this Department of Justice maintains a zero-tolerance policy for the abuse of this process."
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"Gaining U.S. citizenship is a privilege and under the steadfast leadership of President Trump, this Department of Justice maintains a zero-tolerance policy for the abuse of this process."
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"When criminal aliens exploit the naturalization process by breaking the law, there are consequences."
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"In light of the Acting Attorney General’s statements to Congress on June 2, 2026, Plaintiffs’ claims are no longer embedded in any actual controversy about the plaintiffs’ particular legal rights."
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"We are not moving forward with the fund, period."
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"Victims want 'to be made whole', but that 'doesn't mean we can just create evidence or that we can just kind of come up with a case that isn’t there.'"
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"We're not moving forward with the fund, period."
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"EDVA judges do not pick our US Attorney. POTUS does. James Hundley, you’re fired!"
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"Judges don't pick U.S. Attorneys, @POTUS does. See Article II of our Constitution. You are fired, Donald Kinsella."
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"The sentences handed down today make clear that Antifa terrorists who attack law enforcement and federal facilities will face swift and uncompromising justice."
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"Totalmente falso de Reuters. No entiendo cómo una noticia tan falsa llega a la publicación."
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"I'm his lawyer - was his lawyer. And now I'm the deputy attorney general."
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"I am confident it will not."
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"acknowledged mistakes in the vetting of the Jeffrey Epstein files released to the public, but defended his handling of the matter"
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"This Order establishes, beyond any doubt, that there is no Fund."
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"Do you remember President Trump submitting a letter or a card or a note?"
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"I am deeply honoured by the trust and confidence President Trump has placed in me."
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"Racial discrimination is illegal, and government contractors cannot evade the law by repackaging it as DEI."
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"I am the acting attorney general. As far as Pam Bondi’s last day on the job, I’m the acting attorney general."
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"I love working for President Trump. It’s the greatest honor of a lifetime."
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"a resounding victory for military readiness."
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"Violence cannot be the norm for expressing disagreement, be it with politics or a technology or any other matter."
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"Patel has accomplished more in 14 months than the previous administration did in four years."
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"The group was doing the exact opposite of what it’s told its donors it was doing – not dismantling extremism, but funding it."
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"The SPLC was not dismantling these groups. It was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred."
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"The SPLC was not dismantling these groups. It was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred."
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"The SPLC is manufacturing racism to justify its existence."
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"The Department of Justice is delivering on President Trump's promise to expand Americans' access to medical treatment options."
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"This rescheduling action allows for research on the safety and efficacy of this substance, ultimately providing patients with better care and doctors with more reliable information."
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"the move will also facilitate research on the safety and efficacy of this substance, which he said will provide patients with better care and doctors with more reliable information."
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"This rescheduling action allows for research on the safety and efficacy of this substance, ultimately providing patients with better care and doctors with more reliable information."
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"The directive signed by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche moved licensed marijuana products from Schedule I to Schedule III."
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"This rescheduling action allows for research on the safety and efficacy of this substance, ultimately providing patients with better care and doctors with more reliable information."
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"Widespread access to prediction markets is a relatively new phenomenon, but federal laws protecting national security information fully apply."
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"the Biden administration's moratorium had undermined the federal death penalty and left victims, their families, their communities, and the Nation to bear the consequences."
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"the Biden administration's moratorium had 'undermined the federal death penalty and left victims, their families, their communities, and the Nation to bear the consequences'."
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"The prior administration failed in its duty to protect the American people by refusing to pursue and carry out the ultimate punishment against the most dangerous criminals, including terrorists, child murderers, and cop killers."
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"The Department of Justice is once again enforcing the law and standing with victims."
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"Among the actions taken are readopting the lethal injection protocol utilised during the first Trump Administration, expanding the protocol to include additional manners of execution such as the firing squad."
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"the prior administration failed in its duty to protect the American people by refusing to pursue and carry out the ultimate punishment against the most dangerous criminals, including terrorists, child murderers and cop killers."
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"The prior administration failed in its duty to protect the American people by refusing to pursue and carry out the ultimate punishment against the most dangerous criminals, including terrorists, child murderers, and cop killers."
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"Under US President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice is once again enforcing the law and standing with victims."
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"He was immediately subdued, and, yes, he got off a couple shots."
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"We do believe based on a preliminary understanding of what happened that he was targeting members of the administration."
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"It does appear that he [the suspected gunman] did, in fact, set out to target folks that work in the administration, likely including the President."
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"I am 'very confident' the King and Queen will be safe during the four-day visit."
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"I was confident King Charles would be safe during this week’s visit to the United States."
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"preliminary findings suggest he was targeting administration officials."
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"We believe the suspect was targeting administration officials."
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"officials believe the suspect, identified by reports as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, was 'targeting administration officials.'"
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"the suspect is believed to have been targeting members of the Trump administration."
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"It’s time to build the ballroom."
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"I was confident Charles would be safe during this week's visit to the U.S."
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"It does appear that he did in fact, have set out to target folks that work in the administration, likely including the president."
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"I mean, if you think about what happened as far as what we know right now, this suspect barely breached the perimeter."
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"The system 'worked ... law enforcement and the Secret Service protected all of us. The man barely got past the perimeter.'"
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"Cole Tomas Allen was charged Monday with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump."
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"One Secret Service officer was shot in the chest, but was wearing a ballistic vest that worked."
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"We do believe it was administration officials."
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""This landmark case, resulting in the prompt removal of this alien terrorist to her country of origin, is a win for national security and the rule of law.""
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"Threatening the life of the President of the United States is a grave violation of our nation's laws."
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"While this case is unique and this indictment stands out because of the name of the defendant, his alleged conduct is the same kind of conduct that we will never tolerate."
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"Law enforcement did not fail. They did exactly what they are trained to do."
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"People should be very wary of threatening the life of President Trump because that is a crime. Full stop."
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"Of course, it's serious when you threaten the president of the United States."
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"to prove to President Trump that he will be more aggressive in prosecuting those enemies than Bondi was"
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"I don’t even know what that means. We work hard every single day."
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"It is our job to stop America's adversaries from unleashing violence and terror on American soil."
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"That's what we understand as of now."
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"We wanna get that right, so we're still looking at that."
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"As alleged in today’s indictment, the heavily armed defendant rushed security and shot a Secret Service Officer in an attempt to assassinate President Trump – but was stopped thanks to the courageous and immediate response from law enforcement."
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"Violent political actors will never win and the Justice Department would prosecute any such defendants to the fullest extent of the law."
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"Investigators wanted to review more ballistics evidence before making that determination."
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"The alleged assassination attempt against the president was prevented thanks to the courageous and immediate response from law enforcement."
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"This indictment is a critical step toward holding accountable those whose reckless disregard for maritime safety regulations caused this disaster."
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"If and when there's a time to talk about that, we will, obviously."
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"The machinery of government should never be weaponized against any American, and it is this Department’s intention to make right the wrongs that were previously done while ensuring this never happens again."
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"The machinery of government should never be weaponized against any American, and it is this Department's intention to make right the wrongs that were previously done while ensuring this never happens again."
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"The machinery of government should never be weaponised against any American, and it is this Department's intention to make right the wrongs that were previously done while ensuring this never happens again."
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"a lawful process for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress."
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"The machinery of government should never be weaponized against any American, and it is this Department’s intention to make right the wrongs that were previously done while ensuring this never happens again."
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