"Disgusting & Un-American": Todd Blanche Exposes DOJ Corruption

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15, 20 lawyers that were really part of the group that we're trying to make sure we stay aligned. A lot of those folks are working for the president now, by the way. Right, I know. They're in total reversal. So now we have a situation where people are clamoring because they don't like the president. They're not over the fact that he won again. People like John Brennan saying this yesterday, cut 44. The fact that he's able to do that. And members of his party and his Maga Bays continue to explain and apologize for more, rationalize what he's doing, is just so, so troubling and worrisome that this person who clearly is unhinged and who, I think the 25th Amendment was written with Donald Trump's in mind. Because allowing someone like this to continue to be the commander in chief. and to control the tremendous capabilities of the U.S. military, including our nuclear weapons capability, which he seemed to allude to when he said he's going to just eliminate an entire civilization. Again, we really are in very, very troubling times. John Brennan, does that rattle you? I mean, it's the same thing he's been saying for probably 10 years now. It doesn't even rattle me a tiny little bit. I mean, if you think someone like him can say that. when he was just standing by quietly for the past four years with when Biden was in charge. And here we have a situation where President Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do to make America safe again. And yes, no surprise. So it doesn't rattle. It would rattle me if he actually showed even a modicum of support. Mr. Attorney General, the other thing would be, should he be educated in the 25th Amendment? That would have to come from his staff. A hundred percent. Yes. And do you know a staffer? that would say to himself, this is not the president who's working 20 hours a day, needs to be ousted? I mean, it's the work that President Trump puts in every day. One of us, one of the folks that is very close with me that works with the president got a call from at 2 a.m. We get calls from him at 7 a.m. 8 a.m. midnight. And not, these are not. There's not joking calls. These are calls where we need to get work done. And so the idea that that President Trump is doing anything other than working hard for this country is absurd. The word is Chairman Jim Jordan says that the walls are closing in on him. What do you know about that investigation into him, his role lying under oath, the Russian investigation and everything predated you being there? So I will tell you that. There's a lot of public information about what Brennan did, and that's something that the American public can comment on and read for themselves. There are criminal investigations ongoing, as has been reported, and I will not comment on the status of that, but I accept to say the following, except to say the following, that we have very limited time to fix what happened in 2016. going forward. We have very little time to address what happened with Komi and with the entire change of administration from Obama to President Trump and the decisions that were made by individuals to try to stop President Trump before he even took the oath of office. And if you think that has not happened in our history before, that has never happened before. And now that it's 2026 and we're looking back and finally having

This whistleblower had bias. He had lied about a key fact in his interactions with Senator Schiff's or then House member shifts staff. And there was deep concerns that he only knew things here. Nothing he knew was firsthand. He admitted so in his document. So they had a whole impeachment vote. It took up three and a half weeks of the country's time. Nothing else got done. It poisoned the well in my view between Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump that still exists today. And I think is hurting the defense of Ukraine. What could you tell me about this? I can tell you exactly what I think what Solomon talked about last night is exactly true, which is that what we see. The question is whether there's anything criminal that happened as opposed to just being disgusting, dirty, un-American political gross conduct. And so I'm responsible for anybody that violates the criminal laws. I think there's no doubt. That it's everything else I just said. It's disgusting gross anti-American political conduct that should never be, should never happen again. But man, it goes back to the Russia, Russia, Russia. That was not true. A year and a half of the presidency was taken up by something that was completely made up. Like not, there's something there. No, no, there was nothing there. At the end, Mueller said, oh, maybe Trump obstructed justice. obstructed justice because he said this was not true and to stop it. Okay, that's all that investigation showed. So, so then you talk about what happened with the, with the impeachment. We learned that at the time that it was not even anything that rises anywhere near criminal, much less something that is a high crime and misdemeanor. And, and this is, look, there are, we are exposing, and by we, I don't just mean me, but Tulsi Gabbard and the FBI and CIA, a lot of. gross conduct that happened a decade ago. And you realize how it's all related? There was a thought. There was something going on with Hunter Biden and Joe Biden in Ukraine. And that's not unrelated to what we found out that Joe Biden, Hunter Biden would do it in Ukraine. And then when the FBI gets the laptop that would confirm it all, they'd get mad at the guy that dropped it off and they never do anything with it. That's scary to me. Yeah, it's a culture change. It's scary. But guess what? Here's the good news. And I try to make sure people understand this. That is not what this administration is about. The leadership at the FBI, Tulsi Gabbard, CIA, DOJ, there is a meaningful change when you hear people complaining, oh, all these people are leaving or getting fired or they're not able to do what they've done for years and years. Yeah, that's right. You're not. That's right. We are changing things. Oh, the FBI has been totally over. There's an overhaul happening. Oh, yeah. That's right. There is. You know, Tulsi Gabbard talking about the intelligence community and the shortcomings there and doing it in a critical way. That's right. We are looking inward and we didn't do that the first time around maybe as well as we should, we should have, mostly because we were under investigation the whole time. But we're doing it now and President Trump has greenlit all of this. You ask President Trump, you go in there, say President Trump, we're thinking we should release this.

Here's what it shows. It shows something that happened a long time ago. He doesn't even let you finish your sentence. Release it. Let the American people see it. So the transparency, and it's a flippant word now, but transparency is what the American people want. What really happened? And that's what we're trying to do. Acting Attorney General, Todd Blanche here for a few more minutes. We'll take a short time out and come back. You'll listen to the brain. Kill Me, yeah. Have you ever stopped and thought about what's actually powering your day? The coffee you made this morning? The drive you took to get here, even the device you're listening on it. I'm Tanner Faust, and that's exactly the kind of thing we're going to talk about on the energy tailgate, a podcast from Chevron. I'll be your host inviting guests to discuss big energy topics and what they mean for everyday life, all from the tailgate of our truck. This is the energy tailgate. Summer means firing up the grill, getting together with friends, and making the most of the weekends. Total Wine and More is my first stop. Whether it's Celsius and ready to serve cocktails with a cooler or a good bottle of bourbon. Everything I need is at Total Wine. With the lowest prices, it's easy to stock up for whatever the weekend brings, and I can get everything I need in one stop. Shop Total Wine and More and get ready for your next summer party. Spears are not sold in Virginia or North Carolina. Drink responsibly must be 21. I was targeted because I worked for Turning Point USA because I'm a brown woman who thinks the wrong thing because I am a Christian. They were mocking me for my religion. They were mocking me for my political views. They, like I said, they told me that I had no right to be on a public street. And they made sure to run me out and brutally assault me multiple times as I was trying to leave. So that's the United States of America in 2026. And my main question is, how was this allowed to happen in President Trump's America? And that's why Savannah Hernandez turning point. USA contributor wanted to went up to the Minneapolis protesters, anti-ice protesters to ask a few questions. And you see it on camera. She's getting beat up. The acting attorney general, I'm lucky enough to have them in studio. Todd Blanche is here. I'm sure you heard a little bit about this case. You can't keep everything in the air. But that's not okay. It's not okay. Have you guys taken this up? Yes. Absolutely. Listen, putting aside the assault, the idea that it's okay in this country to have a... quote, peaceful protester, blowing a whistle in somebody's face, knowing full well local law enforcement will stand by doing nothing, not because there's anything wrong with those young men and women, but because their leadership has ordered them to do nothing, and then no shock it leads to violence. And by the way, if that was an ICE officer that did that, if that was somebody that was on the other side, then you would have the liberal left media would be going nuts right now over that conduct. But instead it's downplayed as no big deal. And the video's all over. everywhere and every it's it's it's exactly what we are going after is that's that type of conduct to try to turn the tide to say that you can't do that so we heard about the black lives matter got millions of millions of dollars the money's gone the people are gone what happened to that money are you investigating any of that Yes, we are investigating all kinds of NGO money that is taking advantage of our laws that give them tax-free status, that give the people that donate the money, a tax-free donation, and then gives the people that receive the money, the ability to spend it in ways that are potentially illegal. So we have multiple investigations that. You've already seen some cases that we've brought over the past couple months in that space, and we're going to continue to investigate. So you do that. I also think.

the foreign money that's putting into these protesters that show up next thing. You know, they're anti-Iran. Then they're anti-Israel. Then they're pro-Palestinian or they're always negative Trump. Where are they coming from? We know they're outside entities. What's the challenge in tracking that down? That's another big part of our investigations to stop that that flow of illegal money. I mean, the challenge is that these guys are good at hiding their funds and getting the money into the hands of people that are, their only goal is anti-American rhetoric. And so all they're trying to do is destroy the fabric of this nation. And it's Chinese in a lot of cases because they know what the hot buttons are in America. Sure. And it's also that there is, by the way, all they want to do is destroy the fabric of our country. So how do you do that today? You attack President Trump and you attack ICE. American people don't want that. American people put them into office. American people overwhelmingly voted for somebody who's going to fix the immigration problem. And yet here we are being led around by these external forces. And all of a sudden, there's this view of this country that President Trump is doing something horrible around illegal immigration. It's pure influence by foreigners, for sure. So Eric Swalwell would find himself a bunch of trouble. And today is a press conference with another accuser coming forward. I know that's necessarily not federal crimes. But in what way might this crush your desk? Because just on a side note, that shouldn't matter for his legal case, he was wearing a leading antagonist when it came to the Russian investigation. As you know, making up things in whole cloth, going. out and profiting off the president. Actually, he thought he was going to be a presidential candidate if he felt flattered in his face. But now, does that interest the Department of Justice at all? Listen, we are always interested in any sort of crimes committed by anybody, especially against the most vulnerable. And if we learn anything that of any of the folks that come forward, that there's a federal crime that should be investigated, I assure you the FBI and HSI will, without a doubt, investigate. I've been watching like you have been over the past several days with what's happening to him, and we'll see what happens. Right. The rape charges are state crimes, if that do in fact come forward. But what is not a state crime is the nanny, hiring an illegal. Right. You can't pay somebody. You can't hire somebody illegal. You can't pay somebody off the books. You can't transport women across state lines for the purpose of prostitution. So yes, a lot of the alleged conduct is not necessarily federal crime, but we'll see. Todd Blanche, have you let the president know you like this job? I've shouted it from the rooftops to anybody that asks that I love working for this administration. But I'll tell you, I would do anything in this administration. If President Trump called me and said he had something else he wanted me to do, if you wanted me to do something from the outside, this is the honor of representing him as a private lawyer was the honor of my lifetime. Being asked to serve in this administration is the honor of my lifetime. Whatever job he asks me to do, I'm going to put my head down and do it. What would you do differently than Pam Bondi?

Pam Bondi and are very close, like I said. And what has to be done differently by not just Pam Bondi or me by anybody is we need to make sure that the entire Department of Justice is working full steam ahead every day because we don't have a lot of time. And he's got to make sure, too, as acting director, you always come on our show. If that's okay. That's done. Done, Brian. All right. Thank you. Congratulations, all you've done. Great seeing you in person, getting a chance. And thanks so much for giving an audience, the audience, 30 minutes of your time. Thank you very much, Brian. I appreciate it. Hey, it's Ryan Reynolds here for MintMobil. Now, I was looking for fun ways to tell you that Mint's offer of unlimited premium wireless for $15 a month is back. So I thought it would be fun if we made $15 bills. But it turns out... That's very illegal. So there goes my big idea for the commercial. Give it a try at mintmobile.com slash switch. Up from payment of $45 for three months, $90 for six months, or $180 for 12-month plan required. $15 per month equivalent. Taxes and fees extra. Initial plan term only greater than 50 gigabytes may slow when network is busy. See terms.