Todd Blanche
Attorney General
4 findings
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- ConvictedA criminal jury found them guilty.
- Found liableA civil jury ruled against them.
- Court ruledA judge ruled against them or their policy.
- Watchdog foundAn inspector general, Congress's auditors at the GAO or UN investigators.
- AdmittedThey acknowledged it, or their own government's records and court filings show it.
- On recordSomething they said or did in public.
- ReportedNews reporting they deny or haven't confirmed.
- AllegedAccusations in lawsuits, complaints or from sources. Unproven.
Admitted or on record 2
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On record
“We did not protect President Trump.”
He said it while releasing 3.5 million Epstein pages, and declared the review finished. Rep. Ro Khanna said the release was incomplete.
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On record
He defended a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that could pay January 6 rioters. Then, facing Republican holdouts before his confirmation vote, he scrapped it.
The fund came out of Trump’s IRS settlement. Blanche wouldn’t rule out payments to rioters. Facing Republican holdouts, he rescinded it. He was confirmed 50 to 49; Republicans Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski voted no.
Reported and alleged 2
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Reported
Trump’s former defense lawyer spent two days interviewing Ghislaine Maxwell. Days later she was moved to a minimum-security camp.
As deputy attorney general, Blanche questioned her in Tallahassee in late July 2025. Officials didn’t explain the transfer. Maxwell is serving 20 years for sex trafficking. In the released transcript, Maxwell said, “I never witnessed the President in any inappropriate setting in any way.”
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Reported
The Epstein release he oversaw exposed victims’ names, some of them minors.
A Wall Street Journal review found 43 of 47 victims’ full names unredacted, and AP found nude photos and victims’ faces. The department blamed technical or human errors and said it was fixing them.