CSPAN3 — AG Blanche Holds White House Briefing
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[00:00:02] SOCIAL SECURITY AND EXPANDED CHILD TAX CREDIT.
[00:00:05] HE WAS AGAINST IT AND SAID WAS A DEEPLY IMMORAL TO PASS THAT.
[00:00:11] CAN YOU IMAGINE -- A GOOD SENATOR FROM TEXAS SAYING THAT?
[00:00:14] JAMES TALARICO DOESN'T WANT TO
[00:00:18] TAX THE RICH HE WANTS TO TAX THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND THE
[00:00:22] PEOPLE ALREADY WORKING HARD.
[00:00:23] >> WE LEAVE THIS PROGRAM TO TAKE
[00:00:26] YOU LIVE TO THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD
[00:00:29] BLANCHE IS HOLDING A BRIEFING ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S AGENDA.
[00:00:32] AG BLANCHE: SINCE IT IS ME HERE
[00:00:36] THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, TO SPEND A FEW MOMENTS TALKING ABOUT THE
[00:00:38] WORK WE ARE DOING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
[00:00:42] THE FIRST THING I WILL TALK ABOUT IS TERRORISM. SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP RETURNED
[00:00:46] TO OFFICE, FBI DATA SHOWS 4260
[00:00:52] ARRESTS RELATED TO FTO'S
[00:00:56] INCLUDING 1030 NINE INDIVIDUALS PREVENTED FROM CARRYING OUT
[00:01:00] ALLEGED TERRORIST ATTACKS.
[00:01:03] THAT IS 38 PERCENT INCREASE FROM THE LAST ADMINISTRATION.
[00:01:05] I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME RECENT
[00:01:08] CASES IN ISIS BUTLER COUNTY
[00:01:14] PENNSYLVANIA TERRORISM ARRESTS THAT TOOK PLACE THIS MORNING.
[00:01:16] OUT OF OUR PITTSBURGH OFFICE.
[00:01:18] A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN JONATHAN
[00:01:22] KRAMER WAS CHARGED AND ARRESTED FOR RECEIVING A FIREARM AND
[00:01:25] AMMUNITION WITH INTENT TO COMMIT TERRORISM ON BEHALF OF ISIS.
[00:01:29] HE WAS ARRESTED, THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND THERE WILL BE MORE FROM THAT IN
[00:01:33] THE FUTURE. JUST TODAY IN THE SOUTHERN
[00:01:36] DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND
[00:01:38] INDICTMENT WAS RETURNED CHARGING
[00:01:42] MULTIPLE RUSSIAN INDIVIDUALS THAT SINCE 2024 THESE
[00:01:45] INDIVIDUALS WHO WORKED FOR THE
[00:01:48] -- THE SERVICES OF THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WERE
[00:01:52] CHARGED WITH FINANCING TERRORISM
[00:01:54] AND CONSPIRING TO COMMIT MURDER FOR HIRE AROUND THE WORLD
[00:01:57] INCLUDING -- EFFORTS TO, TO
[00:02:01] MURDER A RUSSIAN DISSIDENT WHO
[00:02:03] THEY BELIEVE WAS LOCATED IN THE WASHINGTON DC AREA.
[00:02:06] I WANT TO TALK NEXT ABOUT THE
[00:02:09] GREAT WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AND PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKS ABOUT ALL THE TIME.
[00:02:13] IT IS NEVER -- IT'S NEVER TOO
[00:02:16] MUCH IN REDUCING CRIME IN THIS COUNTRY. UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP LEADERSHIP
[00:02:20] CRIME IS THE LOWEST IT HAS BEEN IN MODERN HISTORY.
[00:02:25] IN 2025, A MURDER RATES WERE DOWN NEARLY 20%.
[00:02:29] VIOLENT CRIME WAS DOWN NEARLY 10%.
[00:02:32] DOJ AS FEDERAL LAW PARTNERS ARE STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS WERE
[00:02:35] WORKING TO GATHER AND
[00:02:39] COORDINATING AS NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE
[00:02:41] THE RESULTS THAT YOU ARE SEEING TO MAKE AMERICA SAFE.
[00:02:45] ANOTHER POINT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE WORK WE'VE DONE IN MEMPHIS.
[00:02:52] TODAY IS THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF US SIGNING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH
[00:02:56] MEMPHIS TO DO THE WORK WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR.
[00:03:00] NEARLY 13,000 ARRESTS IN THE
[00:03:01] MEMPHIS AREA MORE THAN 2000
[00:03:05] ILLEGAL FIREARMS SEIZED IN
[00:03:06] NEARLY 1500 KNOWN GANG MEMBERS
[00:03:10] ARRESTED OVER THE PAST YEAR.
[00:03:11] WE ALSO LOCATED MORE THAN 200 MISSING CHILDREN.
[00:03:16] ST. LOUIS OVER THE PAST FOUR
[00:03:19] WEEKS, OUR HST F PLATFORM HAS
[00:03:22] BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY SUCCESSFUL
[00:03:26] IN ARRESTING VIOLENT CRIMINALS MANY WITH OUTSTANDING WARRANTS
[00:03:29] AN EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY
[00:03:31] AND HAD TAKEN OVER 100 ILLEGAL FIREARMS OFF THE STREETS THAT'S
[00:03:35] JUST IN THE PAST FOUR WEEKS.
[00:03:37] AND TODAY YOU MAY HAVE HEARD
[00:03:40] DIRECTOR PATEL ANNOUNCED THAT THE FBI HAS ARRESTED 10 OUT OF
[00:03:43] 10 OF THE CRIMINALS ON THE FBI'S
[00:03:46] 10 MOST WANTED LIST IN THE FIRST 18 MONTHS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
[00:03:49] WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT FRAUD.
[00:03:52] YESTERDAY WE WERE -- I WAS IN
[00:03:56] MISSOURI WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT
[00:03:58] TALKING ABOUT A COVID FRAUD TAKE
[00:04:01] DOWN WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON IN MISSOURI AND THE NEIGHBORING STATES.
[00:04:05] THIS SURGE RESULTED IN FRAUD
[00:04:08] ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS SPANNING 100
[00:04:10] 60 CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS AND INVOLVED APPROXIMATELY $245
[00:04:14] MILLION IN THE INTENDED LOSS. AND AGAIN THIS WAS AN EFFORT
[00:04:18] BETWEEN JUNE, MID JUNE AND SEPTEMBER 1 OF THIS YEAR.
[00:04:23] WE WORKED WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND THE
[00:04:26] OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL,
[00:04:28] THE FBI AND FEDERAL PROSECUTORS AND 40 U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE TO
[00:04:32] OBTAIN THESE CHARGES.
[00:04:36] BETWEEN NEWLY CHARGED DEFENDANTS APPROXIMATELY 43 DEFENDANTS HAVE
[00:04:40] ALREADY PLEADED GUILTY TO SBA RELATED COVID FRAUD WITH WITH
[00:04:44] NEARLY $50 MILLION IN ATTEMPTED LOSS.
[00:04:48] IN ONE MORE HIGHLIGHT ON FRAUD, THIS IS JUST TODAY.
[00:04:53] OUR GREAT U.S. ATTORNEY IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ADAM GORDON SET UP A PRESS
[00:04:57] CONFERENCE AND ANNOUNCED ABOUT
[00:04:59] ONE HOUR AGO THAT THERE WERE 12
[00:05:02] DAYCARE FRAUDSTERS WHO WERE ARRESTED FOR FILING MORE THAN
[00:05:05] $10 MILLION INTENDED TO HELP LOW INCOME FAMILIES PAY FOR CHILD
[00:05:09] CARE TO WHAT WERE REALLY BOGUS DAYCARE FACILITIES.
[00:05:15] ALL 12 OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE NATURALIZED CITIZENS FROM SYRIA,
[00:05:19] AFGHANISTAN SUDAN AND IRAQ AND SOMALIA.
[00:05:23] WHEN IT COMES TO UNLAWFUL VOTING WHICH I EXPECT THERE MAY BE A
[00:05:26] QUESTION ABOUT IN A MOMENT, THE
[00:05:28] DOJ AND DHS ARE WORKING TOGETHER
[00:05:32] TO PRIORITIZE UNLAWFUL VOTING IN OUR ELECTIONS.
[00:05:35] ELECTION INTEGRITY SHOULD NOT BE A PARTISAN ISSUE. THOSE WHO ARE NOT LEGALLY
[00:05:38] ALLOWED TO VOTE SHOULDN'T.
[00:05:41] AND IF YOU KNOWINGLY BREAK THE LAW YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
[00:05:44] IN THE PAST 10 DAYS, THE
[00:05:47] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCED CHARGES AGAINST 11 INDIVIDUALS
[00:05:50] FOR ILLEGALLY VOTING IN 2024 AND
[00:05:55] 20 REGISTERING TO VOTE.
[00:05:58] WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS ILLEGAL ALIENS VOTING, AND NONCITIZENS
[00:06:02] WERE NOT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE VOTING
[00:06:04] OR THOSE FRAUDULENT IN QUESTION VOTERS WHO NOT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
[00:06:09] SO JUST PUT A FINER POINT ON THIS.
[00:06:11] IN UNDER TWO YEARS THIS
[00:06:13] ADMINISTRATION'S CHARGE NEARLY
[00:06:15] FOUR TIMES AS MANY NONCITIZEN VOTING CASES AS THE LAST
[00:06:18] ADMINISTRATION BROUGHT IN FOUR YEARS.
[00:06:22] AND WE ARE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING HUNDREDS OF CASES
[00:06:25] ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND OUR GREAT
[00:06:28] U.S. ATTORNEY IN THE NORTHERN
[00:06:31] DISTRICT OF TEXAS WILL BE ANNOUNCING A BIG DEVELOPMENT ON
[00:06:34] THIS TOPIC IN ABOUT AN HOUR SO SHORTLY AFTER THIS BRIEFING.
[00:06:40] SO, WITH HER THAT I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.
[00:06:44] I KNOW IT'S A DIFFERENT
[00:06:46] ENVIRONMENT THAN BEFORE, I NOTICED YOU GUYS ARE SWEATING.
[00:06:51] THIS IS NICE I LOVE TO SEE THAT.
[00:06:54] WE WILL START OUT WITH CAROLINE
[00:06:58] DOWNING. THEY GIVE YOU A LIST GUYS.
[00:07:00] EVERYBODY CALM DOWN. CAROLINE DOWNEY FROM THE NATIONAL REVIEW.
[00:07:06] >> DOES THE SUPREME COURT'S
[00:07:11] RULING ON THE MAIL-IN BALLOT EXECUTIVE ORDER PRESENT AN
[00:07:14] OBSTACLE TO FUTURE BALLOT FRAUD PROSECUTION IN YOUR VIEW?
[00:07:16] AND AS WE LOOK TO 2028 DO YOU FORESEE A FUTURE LEGAL BATTLE
[00:07:20] FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE WHEN IT COMES TO PREVENTING NONCITIZENS FROM VOTING?
[00:07:24] AG BLANCHE: THE SUPREME COURT'S
[00:07:26] DECISION TODAY OR YESTERDAY DOESN'T AFFECT ONGOING CRIMINAL
[00:07:30] INVESTIGATIONS INTO ILLEGAL VOTING.
[00:07:31] I THINK THE -- WE, PRESIDENT
[00:07:34] TRUMP -- THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING SURPRISING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
[00:07:38] TRYING TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO MAIL-IN VOTING WHICH IS WE WANT
[00:07:42] TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SAFE
[00:07:44] VOTING AND THERE IS INTEGRITY, FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS AND THAT
[00:07:48] THERE IS ONE PERSON PLACING ONE VOTE AND THAT THAT PERSON IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
[00:07:52] YOU -- YOU SAW PART OF THE
[00:07:56] DECISION WAS THE TIMING AND WE
[00:07:58] RAN OUT OF TIME BECAUSE OF THE
[00:08:01] LITIGATION IN PART AND SO OUR EFFORTS TO -- PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
[00:08:04] EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS ARE
[00:08:07] NOT GOING TO STOP JUST IN
[00:08:11] NOVEMBER OR AFTER SO I EXPECT YOU WILL SEE WORK CONTINUE. MARY MARGARET.
[00:08:20] >> THANK YOU SIR.
[00:08:24] I HAD TWO QUESTIONS IF THAT'S OK.
[00:08:27] THE FIRST, A TOM HOMAN SET ON SUNDAY HOMELAND SECURITY
[00:08:31] INVESTIGATIONS IS ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING ILL HON OMAR. IF SHE'S FOUND TWO OF COMMITTED
[00:08:35] IMMIGRATION FRAUD WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DEPORT HER AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS THERE'S
[00:08:40] CONCERN AMONG THE MAG A BASE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
[00:08:44] IDEOLOGICAL ACTORS IN THE FBI AND DOJ STILL THERE WITH WAITING
[00:08:48] OUT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE NEXT POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN
[00:08:51] ADMINISTRATION TO GET BACK TO DO WHAT THEY WERE DOING BEFORE. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT AG
[00:08:55] BLANCHE: AG BLANCHE: THAT?
[00:08:57] I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS SO I
[00:09:01] DON'T HAVE TO SAME THING ABOUT THE FIRST QUESTION OR ANYBODY
[00:09:05] REPORTING ABOUT WHAT OTHERS HAVE
[00:09:08] SAID ABOUT ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS.
[00:09:11] IDEOLOGICAL -- ANY IDEOLOGY THAT A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HAS WITH HER
[00:09:14] IT'S A FEDERAL AGENT OR SOMEBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OR
[00:09:17] ANY OTHER AGENCY THAT WORKS --
[00:09:19] IN THIS ADMINISTRATION IS NEVER
[00:09:22] -- IS NEVER A GOOD THING. WHETHER IT'S REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.
[00:09:26] I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO BUT ONE OF THE
[00:09:30] THINGS DIRECTOR PATEL HAS BEEN DOING THAT I'VE BEEN DOING AND OTHER CABINET SECRETARIES HAVE
[00:09:34] BEEN DOING IS MAKING SURE
[00:09:36] EVERYBODY WHO WORKS IN THIS
[00:09:40] ADMINISTRATION WHETHER YOU'RE IN CAREER OR POLITICAL IS DOING
[00:09:43] WORK THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA. THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IF YOU'RE GOING TO WORK IN THE
[00:09:48] EXECUTIVE THAT'S WHAT ARTICLE TWO SAYS.
[00:09:50] SO -- I, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I WORRY ABOUT.
[00:10:05] SORRY, YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME A CHANCE TO CATCH MY BREATH. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
[00:10:09] TWO THINGS I WANT TO CLARIFY.
[00:10:12] YOU SAID PROSECUTIONS OF POTENTIAL ELECTION FRAUD WILL
[00:10:15] CONTINUE DESPITE THE COURT RULING. BUT DOES THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
[00:10:19] PLAN TO SUSPEND THE ATTEMPTS TO
[00:10:23] ESTABLISH FEDERAL MAIL-IN BALLOT
[00:10:26] STANDARDS FOR THE 2026 CYCLE? WILL THAT END FOR NOW.
[00:10:29] AND THEN I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU MAKE WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THE
[00:10:33] PRESIDENT AND WHAT HE SAID ABOUT HIS SUPREME COURT NOMINEES THAT
[00:10:36] THEY "ARE NOT THE PEOPLE I
[00:10:38] INTERVIEWED TO SERVE ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, THEY ARE MERELY A
[00:10:41] SHELL OF THEIR ORIGINAL CELLS."
[00:10:44] AG BLANCHE: OF COURSE WE ARE
[00:10:48] GOING TO COMPLY WITH THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION AS WE ALWAYS DO. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE WERE
[00:10:52] KNOCKING TO DO EVERYTHING THIS ADMINISTRATION CAN TO MAKE SURE
[00:10:55] THAT THERE ARE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS.
[00:10:57] AGAIN, THERE IS THIS CONSTANT
[00:11:00] PRESSURE AND THIS THIS EFFORT BY
[00:11:03] THE MEDIA AND MOSTLY BY DEMOCRATS THAT SOMEHOW DOING
[00:11:06] THAT IS A BAD THING. EVERYBODY SHOULD WANT THAT.
[00:11:09] REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS SHOULD ONE FREE AND FAIR ELECTION SO --
[00:11:13] SO, WHILE THE SUPREME COURT DID WHAT IT DID AND WE ARE NOT TO STOP THE WORK WE ARE DOING BUT
[00:11:17] WE ARE OF COURSE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THE -- THE ORDERS OF THE
[00:11:21] COURT. AS FAR AS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S --
[00:11:24] TRUTH ABOUT THE JUSTICES, HE IS VERY FRUSTRATED AND AND I WASN'T
[00:11:28] AT THE INTERVIEWS THAT HE WAS --
[00:11:31] THAT HE PARTICIPATED IN DURING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION WHEN
[00:11:34] WHEN HE SUGGESTED THESE FOLKS TO BE ON THE SUPREME COURT.
[00:11:37] HE HAS EVERY RIGHT -- AND
[00:11:39] INDEED, HE SHOULD COMMUNICATE
[00:11:42] HIS CONCERNS WITH THE SUPREME COURT WHENEVER HE HAS THEM.
[00:11:45] THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE'S DONE IT AND IT WON'T BE THE LAST.
[00:11:49] HE'S ALSO PUBLICLY VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPREME COURT WHEN THERE'S DECISIONS
[00:11:52] THAT HE VERY MUCH AGREES WITH. THAT'S WHAT DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT.
[00:11:56] A DEMOCRACY ABOUT THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
[00:12:00] PRESIDENT TRUMP BEING CRITICAL OF FOLKS ON THE SUPREME COURT WE VERY MUCH DISAGREE WITH THE
[00:12:04] SUPREME COURT'S DECISION. THAT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS FROM OUR PAPERS AND FROM WHAT WE SAID
[00:12:08] PUBLICLY ABOUT THE CASE.
[00:12:09] AND SO -- I, I AM ALSO UPSET
[00:12:14] ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT DECISION BUT THE IDEA THE PRESIDENT TRUMP
[00:12:17] SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE HIS FRUSTRATION I I -- I DON'T SHARE THAT.
[00:12:23] SEE THERE'S A MICROPHONE. DON'T YOU LOVE THAT.
[00:12:27] NEXT QUESTION.
[00:12:27] >> DID YOU ASK FOR JOE TO
[00:12:32] JENNIFER'S RENTER -- RESIGNATION AND DID HE TELL YOU HE FELT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO
[00:12:36] MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GRAND CONSPIRACY INVESTIGATION?
[00:12:38] AG BLANCHE: I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS I
[00:12:42] HAD WITH PROSECUTORS.
[00:12:45] I -- I -- HE RESIGNED LAST WEEK. HE CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO
[00:12:48] HELP THE PRESIDENT AND TO HELP US WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF
[00:12:51] THE WORK HE DID -- BEYOND THAT THERE'S BEEN A FEW NEW STORIES
[00:12:55] ABOUT HE SAID SOME DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT OUTLETS
[00:12:59] WHICH IS IS FINE, I WILL JUST LEAVE IT VERY MUCH I APPRECIATED
[00:13:02] THE WORK THAT HE DID FOR US AND
[00:13:04] FOR THE ADMINISTRATION ANY
[00:13:06] INVESTIGATIONS HE'S WORKING ON
[00:13:08] OF COURSE CONTINUE LIKE ANY INVESTIGATION DOES WHEN SOMEBODY
[00:13:12] LEAVES. AND WE ARE NOT IN A SLOWDOWN
[00:13:15] JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY JARED HALPERN.
[00:13:24] >> TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
[00:13:29] FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, WHAT ARE YOUR
[00:13:33] CONCERNS ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? WHAT REGULATIONS ARE NEEDED, DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE A
[00:13:37] SLOWDOWN IN THAT TECHNOLOGY ESPECIALLY WITH HOW IT'S BEING
[00:13:41] USED INCREASINGLY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS.
[00:13:44] AND SECONDLY MORE BROADLY WHAT ROLE SHOULD AMERICANS EXPECT THE
[00:13:48] JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE IN THE UPCOMING MIDTERM ELECTIONS?
[00:13:51] AG BLANCHE: SO -- I WILL ANSWER
[00:13:53] THE FIRST QUESTION. THE SECOND QUESTION FIRST.
[00:13:57] THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALWAYS INVOLVED IN ELECTIONS.
[00:14:01] THAT'S NOT NEW TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND SO OUR GOAL
[00:14:03] IS GOING TO BE THE SAME ROLE
[00:14:05] THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS -- PLAY
[00:14:08] IN ELECTIONS UNDER THE LAW AS WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO AND AS WE SHOULD TO DO.
[00:14:12] SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN THIS ELECTION JUST LIKE THE
[00:14:16] BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DID IT DURING THE ELECTIONS WHEN BIDEN WAS PRESIDENT.
[00:14:20] AS FAR AS AI IS CONCERNED -- WE
[00:14:22] HAVE A LOT -- THERE'S A LOT OF CRIMINAL LAWS AND SO IF ANYBODY
[00:14:26] ASSOCIATED WITH AI -- VIOLATES CRIMINAL LAW WE WILL INVESTIGATE THEM.
[00:14:30] WE ALREADY HAVE, THERE'S -- THERE'S PLENTY OF CASES WILL BE
[00:14:34] CHARGED INDIVIDUALS. I DON'T THINK IT'S THE JOB OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO
[00:14:38] REGULATE WE ARE PROSECUTORS NOT REGULATORS.
[00:14:40] SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO TRY AND REGULATE AI.
[00:14:43] AI IS EXTRAORDINARILY BENEFICIAL TO OUR SOCIETY.
[00:14:46] THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT WORK THAT
[00:14:47] AI DOES AND AND IT IS SOMETHING
[00:14:50] THAT CONVENIENTLY HAS BECOME A FLASHPOINT THIS WEEK AND THE
[00:14:53] PRESIDENT SPOKE ABOUT THAT AND I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH HIM.
[00:14:55] SECOND ROW -- STEPHEN NELSON.
[00:15:01] OH IT'S MY FAVORITE PAPER THE NEW YORK POST. AMAZING.
[00:15:05] I ACTUALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT WHEN I CALLED ON YOU I PROMISE.
[00:15:08] >> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ABOUT THE IRAN WAR AND ANTHONY FAUCI.
[00:15:12] ON THE IRAN WAR CONGRESS IN
[00:15:14] THOMAS MASSIE TO PUT ARTICLES IN
[00:15:18] GOOD IMPEACHMENT AGAINST SECRETARY HEGSETH FOR ALLEGEDLY
[00:15:23] FILING THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION BY CONDUCTING WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL CONCESSION.
[00:15:27] WHAT'S YOUR ASSESSMENT OF HOW
[00:15:28] LONG THE WAR CAN CONTINUE
[00:15:31] WITHOUT SPECIFIC CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION AND SECONDLY ON ANTHONY FAUCI COULD YOU DESCRIBE
[00:15:35] THE STATUS OF YOUR REVIEW OF HIS
[00:15:37] ALLEGED CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS?
[00:15:40] ARE WE ANY CLOSER TO CHARGES THERE AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY
[00:15:43] YOUR DEPARTMENT DIDN'T PROSECUTE HIM FOR ALLEGEDLY PERJURING HIMSELF?
[00:15:47] AG BLANCHE: THE -- THE FIRST
[00:15:51] QUESTION IS SECRETARY HEGSETH IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB AND THE
[00:15:55] SECRETARY OF WAR DOESN'T JUST GO OFF AND DO THINGS. SO HE FOLLOWS THE LAW.
[00:15:59] AND SO THE THE DOJ PLAYS A ROLE IN THAT AND WE PLAY AN ACTIVE
[00:16:02] ROLE IN MAKING SURE THE LAWS COMPLY YOU CALL WITH -- YOU CALL TO WAR.
[00:16:06] I DISAGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION AS DOES MOST OF CONGRESS.
[00:16:09] AND THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS ON WHETHER IT'S A WAR AND WHAT TO
[00:16:12] DO AND WHY VOTE -- FOLKS IN
[00:16:15] CONGRESS WHICH DETERMINE THAT HE'S NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG IN THE PRESIDENT IS NOT DOING
[00:16:19] ANYTHING WRONG SHOULD RESULT IN ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT I GUESS YOU'LL HAVE TO TALK TO MASSEY
[00:16:24] ABOUT THAT.
[00:16:24] AS FAR AS OUCHI -- WE -- AGAIN
[00:16:29] IT'S AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION I'M NOT IN TALK ABOUT IT.
[00:16:32] WE -- WE TAKE ANY TIME ANYBODY
[00:16:35] LIES TO CONGRESS OR POTENTIALLY LIES TO CONGRESS SERIOUSLY BUT BEYOND THAT I DON'T HAVE A
[00:16:38] COMMENT.
[00:16:43] >> I WANTED TO FOLLOW-UP WITH
[00:16:47] YOUR REMARKS REGARDING THAT DECISION BY THE SUPREME COURT
[00:16:51] REGARDING MAIL-IN VOTING. AS YOU SAID THE PRESIDENT WAS
[00:16:54] NOT PLEASED BY THIS RULING BY THE SUPREME COURT.
[00:16:57] HE PUT OUT A LENGTHY SOCIAL MEDIA POST AND SAID IN PART THE
[00:17:01] SUPREME COURT HAS REALLY LET OUR COUNTRY DOWN.
[00:17:04] CERTAIN JUSTICES ARE PETRIFIED OF THESE CRAZED AND DEPRAVED
[00:17:08] DEMOCRATS THAT ARE TOTALLY UNABLE TO SHOW THE COURAGE
[00:17:11] NECESSARY TO SAVE OUR AMERICA.
[00:17:14] YOU USED TO BE THE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL LAWYER.
[00:17:17] YOU USED TO BE IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, WOULD YOU EVER
[00:17:21] ENCOURAGE ONE OF YOUR CLIENTS TO DISPARAGE A COURT IN THE MANNER
[00:17:25] THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DISPARAGE THE SUPREME COURT?
[00:17:28] AG BLANCHE: --, HE'S -- YOU CAN
[00:17:32] TALK ABOUT MY BACKGROUND AND
[00:17:35] THEN ASKED ME WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE. HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
[00:17:39] SO THE REAL QUESTION IS WHETHER THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS ALLOWED TO BE CRITICAL
[00:17:43] OF ONE OF THE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY. OF COURSE HE IS.
[00:17:47] AND BY THE WAY WHAT HE WROTE ABOUT THAT IS THE SAME THING HE SAID PUBLICLY REPEATEDLY.
[00:17:52] THE SAME THING THE DOJ'S BRIEFS HAVE SAID ABOUT THE ISSUE.
[00:17:57] WE DO THINK THIS DECISION IS NOT THE RIGHT DECISION.
[00:17:59] THAT IS OK, THAT'S THE WAY DEMOCRACY WORKS.
[00:18:03] SO WHAT I WOULD'VE ADVISED THE CLIENT OR WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE
[00:18:06] WHEN I WAS A PROSECUTOR OR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LAWYER --
[00:18:09] ISN'T IN ANY WAY SHAPE RELEVANT
[00:18:12] TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE DOING IN COMMUNICATING TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
[00:18:22] ARE YOU GUYS SWEATING YET? NICE. I LOVE THAT.
[00:18:25] >> ARE YOU?
[00:18:27] AG BLANCHE: NO I'M COMFORTABLE.
[00:18:30] I HAVE WATER IF ANYBODY NEEDS IT. >> I WANT TO PUT A FINE POINT ON
[00:18:34] THAT LAST QUESTION THAT I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION RELATED TO IT.
[00:18:37] ON THE COMMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT SPECIFICALLY THAT THE
[00:18:41] SUPREME COURT JUSTICES IN THIS DECISION AREN'T THE PEOPLE HE
[00:18:45] INTERVIEWED. DOES THAT UNDERMINE EVEN THE PERCEPTION OF THE COURTS INDEPENDENCE IN YOUR VIEW?
[00:18:48] AG BLANCHE: -- NOT AT ALL.
[00:18:52] HE WANTS ANOTHER ONE THAT'S OK. I DON'T THINK IT UNDERMINES.
[00:18:56] I THINK -- LOOK WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE DOBBS DECISION,
[00:18:59] MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THE ADMINISTRATION CAME OUT
[00:19:03] BASICALLY THREATENING JUDGES FOR MONTHS ON END.
[00:19:05] THERE IS A FULL SECURITY FORCE
[00:19:08] OK AROUND EVERY JUSTICE BECAUSE OF THE RHETORIC AFTER THE
[00:19:12] SUPREME COURT ISSUED THAT DECISION. SO THE FACT THE PRESIDENT ISSUES
[00:19:14] A TRUTH SAYING THAT THE JUSTICES
[00:19:17] HE INTERVIEWED IN FRONT OF HIM SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO EIGHT YEARS AGO ARE NOT THE JUSTICES
[00:19:21] HE IS SEEING NOW, THAT THAT
[00:19:24] UNDERMINES -- NO I DON'T THINK IT ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM IT DOES THAT.
[00:19:29] I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THE MEDIA WANTS TO PUT ON IT.
[00:19:32] HE HAS -- THE PRESIDENT SHOULD
[00:19:36] BE COMMUNICATIVE WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT CASES THAT ARE EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT TO
[00:19:39] HIM WHICH THIS ONE IS.
[00:19:40] >> RELATED TO THIS DISCUSSION
[00:19:46] AFTER ALL THIS BACK-AND-FORTH ARE YOU CONCERNED VOTERS MAY BE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THEIR
[00:19:50] OPTIONS ARE TO VOTE BY MAIL AND
[00:19:52] WHAT IF ANYTHING, THE DOJ DO TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE FALLOUT OF
[00:19:56] THIS CASE? AG BLANCHE: I'M -- I'M NOT SURE
[00:20:00] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOLLOWED THIS IS CLOSELY AS THE FOLKS IN
[00:20:03] THIS PUPIL ROSE GARDEN.
[00:20:05] SO NO, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY SUGGESTION OR ANY INFORMATION OR
[00:20:09] HEARD FROM SECRETARIES OF STATE THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE.
[00:20:15] THAT'S -- LISTEN, BALLOTS OR CONFUSING IN EVERY ELECTION, THE WAY THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED AND
[00:20:19] TALKED ABOUT THEIR SOMETHING
[00:20:22] THAT THE STATE AND LOCALS HANDLE VERY WELL EVERY SINGLE ELECTION
[00:20:26] CYCLE. SO NO THAT DOESN'T CONCERN. GO AHEAD.
[00:20:34] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[00:20:40] ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE OVAL OFFICE THE PRESIDENT MIGHT BE WATCHING SO IF AT ANY POINT HE
[00:20:43] WANTS TO COME OUT AND TAKE QUESTIONS.
[00:20:46] WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM.
[00:20:51] YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. TWO QUESTIONS HERE.
[00:21:02] WITH CHINA HAS BEEN STEALING FROM OUR AI COMPANIES?
[00:21:06] SO IS IT TIME TO GO AFTER CHINA
[00:21:08] AND PARTICULARLY PRESIDENT XI
[00:21:12] JINPING WHO WILL BE HERE IN WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK.
[00:21:14] IS IT TIME FOR THE PRESIDENT TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT HOW CHINA HAS BEEN STEALING FROM US?
[00:21:18] AG BLANCHE: SO WHEN YOU SAY
[00:21:21] CHINA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ENTIRE COUNTRY.
[00:21:24] THE PRESIDENT HAS -- THOSE TWO PRESIDENTS HAVE A GREAT
[00:21:27] RELATIONSHIP AND THEY GET ALONG THEY MAKE DEALS TOGETHER, BUT
[00:21:31] ARE THERE SEPARATE ISSUES WITH ACTORS IN CHINA AND COMPANIES IN
[00:21:35] CHINA, BAD ACTORS. THAT EXISTED LONG BEFORE THIS
[00:21:38] ADMINISTRATION EXISTED AND THE
[00:21:42] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND OTHER AGENCIES IN THE EXECUTIVE OF
[00:21:45] COURSE WERE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO COMBAT THAT AND GO AFTER IT.
[00:21:49] BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO JUST LABEL CHINA AS A COUNTRY
[00:21:53] WHERE THERE'S BAD ACTORS. SOMEBODY IN THE BACK.
[00:21:58] YEAH THE GUY POINTING TO HIS OWN.
[00:22:02] SEE IT'S A MICROPHONE THING I CAN HEAR YOU. SORRY.
[00:22:06] I CAN HEAR YOU. >> THANK YOU.
[00:22:12] WILLIE NELSON WITH SRN.
[00:22:15] REPORTS SAY ACTRESS HAYDEN PANETTIERE MAY HAVE DIED AFTER
[00:22:18] TAKING A PILL LACED WITH FENTANYL.
[00:22:20] THE DEA IS LOOKING AT HER ALLEGED DEALER. WHAT IS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
[00:22:25] DOING TO GO AFTER THE PEOPLE THAT SELL THESE FAKE PILLS?
[00:22:29] AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS IS THE
[00:22:32] AI DOOMSDAY TALK A REAL NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE OR IS IT A WAY TO
[00:22:35] PUT THE GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE OF THE INTERNET?
[00:22:38] AG BLANCHE: WHEN IT COMES TO
[00:22:41] FENTANYL THEY ARE NOT FAKE PILLS , THEY ARE DEAF PILLS.
[00:22:45] AS A FEDERAL STATUTE THAT ALLOWS US TO GO AFTER -- ASSUMING WE
[00:22:49] CAN PROVE WHO THE DEALER IS, TO GO AFTER THEM AND PUT THEM IN
[00:22:53] PRISON FOR MURDER. WE DO IT IN EVERY DISTRICT IN THIS COUNTRY AND IT'S A BIG
[00:22:58] EMPHASIS OF DA ADMINISTERED A COAL.
[00:23:02] SO WHEN WE CAN PROVE AND
[00:23:06] SOMETIMES IF SOMEBODY IS AN ADDICT IT IS DIFFICULT TO PROVE WHO THEY GOT THE PILL FROM.
[00:23:11] IN THE CASES WERE WE KNOW WHO THE DEALER AND WE CAN PROVE
[00:23:13] BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT
[00:23:16] THE PERSON SOLD THE DEATH BILL TO THE VICTIM WHO THEN DIES,
[00:23:20] THAT IS A FEDERAL CRIME AND SOMETHING WE WILL READILY
[00:23:24] PROSECUTE AS OFTEN AS WE CAN.
[00:23:26] AS FAR AS THE AI QUESTION, I ENTERED IT EARLIER.
[00:23:31] THIS SHOULD NOT BE BREAKING NEWS.
[00:23:34] THAT THIS AI ISSUE THAT IS SUDDENLY COME UP TWO MONTHS
[00:23:37] BEFORE ELECTION IS BEING -- THE PRESIDENT CALLS IT A HOAX.
[00:23:40] THE WAY THIS HAS COME AROUND
[00:23:42] TODAY AND NOT THREE MONTHS AGO
[00:23:45] -- I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS. EVERY DEMOCRATIC SENATOR RACES
[00:23:48] TO A MICROPHONE TO TALK ABOUT AI AFTER BEING EERILY SILENT FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS.
[00:23:53] TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMING HAS BEING NOTHING BUT AN EFFORT TO
[00:23:57] INFLUENCE THE MIDTERMS, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
[00:24:00] OF COURSE THAT IS WHAT IT IS.
[00:24:03] THAT SHOULD NOT BE WHAT DRIVES THE DECISIONS WE ARE MAKING AROUND AI.
[00:24:08] WE CAN'T LOSE THE AI RACE TO CHINA.
[00:24:11] PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THAT, EVERYBODY SAYS THAT. THEY SAY THAT BECAUSE IT IS
[00:24:15] TRUE. SECOND ROW, YES.
[00:24:21] >> THE FBI CONDUCTED A RAID AT
[00:24:25] FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA BACK IN JANUARY. THEY ALLEGE THERE WAS
[00:24:29] IMPROPRIETY WITH THE 2020 ELECTION THERE.
[00:24:31] HAS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOUND ANY EVIDENCE FROM THE FBI?
[00:24:34] WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG IF YOU
[00:24:38] THINK THERE WAS ELECTION FRAUD IN 2020? WHERE'S THE EVIDENCE?
[00:24:42] ATTY. GEN. BLANCHE: THE FBI
[00:24:46] CONDUCTED A RAID. THE JUDGE AUTHORIZED TO SEARCH WARRANT BASED UPON PROBABLE
[00:24:50] CAUSE TO ALLOW US TO SEARCH AND COLLECT THOSE RECORDS.
[00:24:53] THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RECORDS AND THEY ARE NOW MANY YEARS OLD.
[00:24:58] I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE QUESTION ABOUT TIMING IS.
[00:25:02] WHEN WE HAVE AN ANSWER, WHEN THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE, YOU
[00:25:06] WILL KNOW. WE CAN'T RUSH AN INVESTIGATION
[00:25:10] REVIEWING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BALLOTS FOR MANY YEARS AGO.
[00:25:11] THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S AN
[00:25:16] ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SO IT'S GETTING INTO THE WEEDS. IT'S ALSO NOT APPROPRIATE TO
[00:25:20] SUGGEST THIS IS JUST THE FBI ARE
[00:25:23] DOJ GOING AND SEIZING RECORDS.
[00:25:25] IT IS A JUDGE REVIEWING AN
[00:25:29] AFFIDAVIT AND FINDING THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE. SOMEBODY IN THE BACK. YOU, SURE.
[00:25:34] >> [INAUDIBLE]
[00:25:38] WAS THE PRESIDENT [INDISCERNIBLE]
[00:25:43] -- EXCEPTING A GIFT FROM RUSSIAN
[00:25:46] OLIGARCH WHEN HE DECIDED NOT TO GO TO THE BAHAMAS TO HIS
[00:25:50] WEDDING? WHAT WAS HIS REACTION WHEN HE LEARNED ABOUT IT?
[00:25:58] TO YOU WAS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL,
[00:26:00] WAS IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE SON OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
[00:26:03] STATES TO ACCEPT SUCH A GIFT
[00:26:05] FROM A FOREIGN BUSINESSMAN, FROM
[00:26:09] A FRIEND OF PUTIN?
[00:26:13] ARE YOU GOING TO INVESTIGATIVE
[00:26:16] EVERYTHING WAS APPROPRIATELY REPORTED AS A GIFT?
[00:26:24] ATTY. GEN. BLANCHE: I WAS NOT WITH THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE LEARNED SO I CANNOT GIVE YOU A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT. THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT KNOW WHO THIS PERSON IS.
[00:26:28] THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY DO NOT KNOW WHO THIS PERSON IS.
[00:26:30] THE PRESIDENT'S SON SAID HE
[00:26:33] ACCEPTED A GIFT THE WEEKEND OF HIS WEDDING.
[00:26:39] I AM NOT SURE WHEN YOU SAY AM I INVESTIGATING, AND BY INVESTIGATING WHAT?
[00:26:43] WHEN YOU SAY THIS PERSON IS A
[00:26:45] FRIEND OF PUTIN, I DON'T KNOW
[00:26:49] IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT. IT'S FUN TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH THE RHETORIC AROUND
[00:26:53] IT. I THINK ALL THE RELEVANT PEOPLE
[00:26:55] INVOLVED, THE PRESIDENT, HIS KIDS HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED IT.
[00:26:59] I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION. I DON'T KNOW THIS PERSON EITHER
[00:27:02] SO I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT IT BEYOND THAT. JUST A COUPLE MORE.
[00:27:06] YOU. YOU. I WAS GOING TO SAY THE BALD GUY
[00:27:10] WITH THAT'S PROBABLY -- BUT I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE FOR THAT.
[00:27:13] >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY QUESTION TODAY.
[00:27:17] I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS THAT ARE DEEPLY IMPORTANT TO THE AUDIENCE.
[00:27:21] ONE IS ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WEAPONIZATION OF WORKING GROUP AND WHAT THE STATUS OF THE WORKING GROUP IS.
[00:27:26] UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP WILL THE DOJ FINALLY INVESTIGATE THE TREATMENT OF THE JANUARY 6
[00:27:30] POLITICAL PRISONERS IN THE FOUR
[00:27:33] DEATHS THAT OCCURRED THAT DAY COMING PUTTING THE KILLING OF TWO WOMEN BY POLICE?
[00:27:38] AND ANY FEDERAL INVASIONS
[00:27:43] INVOLVED? WILL YOU INVESTIGATE WHETHER THERE WAS ANY IMPROPER CONTACT AS IT WAS REPORTED BY SOURCES BETWEEN MERRICK GARLAND'S DOJ
[00:27:47] AND ACTIVIST D.C. JUDGES?
[00:27:48] ATTY. GEN. BLANCHE: AGAIN, THE
[00:27:54] SAME QUESTION ABOUT ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT AND NEVER WILL BE.
[00:27:58] WHEN IT COMES TO THE WEAPONIZATION OF WORKING GROUP,
[00:28:01] WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING OUT A
[00:28:04] PRODUCT ADDRESSING ANOTHER ONE
[00:28:06] OF THE ISSUES WE WERE CHARGED
[00:28:10] WITH LOOKING INTO. THAT WORK CONTINUES.
[00:28:14] ALL THE WORK WE ARE DOING AROUND
[00:28:16] THE ANTI-WEAPONIZATION, THE
[00:28:20] FIXING WHAT WE BELIEVE IN WHAT WE KNOW WENT WRONG DURING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT
[00:28:24] JUST HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
[00:28:26] IT INVOLVES, LIKE ANY INVESTIGATION, RECORDS AND
[00:28:30] INTERVIEWS AND LAWYERS AND AGENTS DOING WORK. THAT WORK CONTINUES.
[00:28:34] IT IS NOT FAIR TO THE PROCESS,
[00:28:36] TO THE PROSECUTOR'S, OR ANYBODY
[00:28:38] INVOLVED FOR ME TO GIVE NUGGETS ALONG THE WAY OF WHAT WE ARE DOING OR NOT DOING.
[00:28:42] I WILL NOT DO THAT. YES, YOU.
[00:28:46] >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[00:28:51] THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL.
[00:28:55] OPENING I SAID THEY'RE WORKING WITH GOOGLE AND ANTHROPIC ON
[00:28:57] SECURITY MEASURES FOR THEIR AI MODELS -- OPENAI.
[00:29:03] DO THEY NEED ANTITRUST WAIVERS? ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT WHO
[00:29:07] CONTROLS THE INFORMATION COMING OUT OF AI?
[00:29:11] ATTY. GEN. BLANCHE: WHETHER
[00:29:15] ENTITIES NEED ANTITRUST WAIVERS NOT SOMETHING I CAN ANSWER FROM THE PODIUM OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
[00:29:19] THERE ARE DOZENS OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT AND THERE IS AN
[00:29:21] APPLICATION PROCESS AND A
[00:29:24] PROCESS THAT DOJ AND OTHERS USED TO DETERMINE. I CAN'T ADDRESS THAT.
[00:29:29] TO THE EXTENT THAT THOSE
[00:29:32] COMPANIES ARE LOOKING TO REGULATE THEMSELVES OR FIX
[00:29:34] PROBLEMS THEY HAVE, THEY SHOULD DO THAT.
[00:29:38] WORKING WITH US IF NECESSARY. THAT IS ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT
[00:29:42] THAT. ONE MORE. >> THANK YOU.
[00:29:46] ATTY. GEN. BLANCHE: I WILL COME TO YOU NEXT.
[00:29:49] >> TWO QUESTIONS.
[00:29:52] PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THERE WAS
[00:29:55] NO EVIDENCE IN THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA.
[00:30:00] HE SAID IT WAS A DEMOCRATIC PLOT.
[00:30:03] MOMENTS LATER, KASH PATEL TESTIFY THIS SHOOTER WAS NOT SPEAKING TO ANYONE OTHER THAN
[00:30:07] HIS PARENTS. CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THIS
[00:30:10] WAS A DEMOCRATIC PLOT AND WHAT THIS NEW EVIDENCE IS?
[00:30:14] A SECOND QUESTION, IN THE SAME POST HE SAID THAT CHRISTOPHER
[00:30:17] WRAY SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR HIS
[00:30:21] LACK OF OVERSIGHT DURING THIS INVESTIGATION.
[00:30:23] IS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BRINGING CHARGES AGAINST CHRIS WRAY?
[00:30:26] ATTY. GEN. BLANCHE: THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DOES NOT PUNISH.
[00:30:29] I WAS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP
[00:30:32] DURING THE TIME PERIOD BEFORE
[00:30:37] AND AFTER THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AND HE WAS SHOT, A VICTIM.
[00:30:41] AN INNOCENT MAN WAS KILLED. THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN THAT
[00:30:45] HAPPENED. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID TODAY ABOUT
[00:30:49] THE NEW INFORMATION IN THIS NEW INFORMATION IS INFORMATION THAT
[00:30:50] WE FOUND, THAT THE FBI FOUND
[00:30:54] PRODUCED TO THE SENATE IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRIES THEY HAD. IT IS NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE
[00:30:59] SHOOTER AND ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND, ABOUT HIS HISTORY.
[00:31:03] THAT IS STUFF WE DID NOT KNOW BEFORE. THAT IS THE INFORMATION.
[00:31:06] AS FAR AS HIS FRUSTRATION WITH
[00:31:08] THE FBI, I WAS THERE WITH HIM.
[00:31:12] YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE IT IS NOT REALLY CLEAR WHAT THE
[00:31:17] LEADERSHIP OF THE FBI WERE DOING IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD OF
[00:31:20] THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION TO PROTECT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
[00:31:24] THAT'S THE SAME ORGANIZATION THAT WAS TRYING TO PUT HIM IN PRISON UNTIL HE DIES.
[00:31:29] HIS FRUSTRATION AND CONCERN ABOUT WHAT THE FORMER DIRECTOR
[00:31:32] WAS DOING IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT NEW.
[00:31:36] HE HAS SAID THAT FOR A LONG TIME. I WAS WITH HIM DURING
[00:31:39] INVESTIGATION BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT TO UNDERSTAND
[00:31:43] WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY.
[00:31:46] DIRECTOR PATEL HAS UNDERTAKEN A
[00:31:48] HERCULEAN EFFORT TO GO THROUGH
[00:31:50] ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND UNDERSTAND
[00:31:52] WHAT WAS MISSED OF ANYTHING AND PROVIDE ANYTHING THAT HAD NOT
[00:31:55] COME FORWARD TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[00:31:58] THAT IS WHAT HE HAS DONE. LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.
[00:32:01] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ATTORNEY GENERAL.
[00:32:05] TWO QUESTIONS. WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR ISIS
[00:32:09] PRISONERS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA,
[00:32:12] INCLUDING THOSE CAPTURED BY THE
[00:32:15] FORCES IN FIGHTS AGAINST ISIS AND TERRORISM? THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
[00:32:20] WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO STOP
[00:32:24] IRAN-BACKED MILITIAS IN IRAQ FROM USING THE U.S. FINANCIAL
[00:32:28] SYSTEM TO FUND THEIR ACTIVITIES?
[00:32:30] ATTY. GEN. BLANCHE: THE FIRST
[00:32:34] ONE, WORKING WITH TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT AND DHS, WE
[00:32:37] SPEND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
[00:32:39] RESOURCES AND EFFORT TO KEEP OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM CLEAR OF ANY
[00:32:42] TERRORIST FINANCING. IF WE FIND MONEY LINKED TO
[00:32:47] TERRORISM, WE FREEZE THE MONEY AND SEES IT IF WE CAN.
[00:32:49] THAT IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS DO AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO. AS FAR AS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
[00:32:53] DO WITH PRISONERS IN THOSE COUNTRIES, IT DEPENDS.
[00:32:56] IF THEY ARE CHARGED WITH CRIMES,
[00:32:58] WE WILL OBVIOUSLY -- WE WANT THOSE PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND FACE JUSTICE.
[00:33:04] IT DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND THAT.
[00:33:06] CAN I JUST SAY I'M DONE WITH QUESTIONS.
[00:33:10] I STATED 10 MINUTES LONGER THAN I WAS SUPPOSED TO.
[00:33:14] I WILL TELL YOU THE FACT THAT
[00:33:16] KAROLINE LEAVITT DID THIS FOR AS LONG AS SHE DID IS INCREDIBLE.
[00:33:20] THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME JOIN YOU ALL TODAY.
[00:33:25] I'M VERY SORRY THAT YOU ARE SWEATING. I'M NOT REALLY SORRY.
[00:33:31] BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I WANT TO THANK PUBLICLY KAROLINE
[00:33:34] LEAVITT FOR DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. SHE IS A LOT BETTER THAN ME.
[00:33:41] THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.
[00:33:54] ♪
[00:33:55] >> DEMOCRACY IS ALWAYS AN
[00:34:00] UNFINISHED CREATION. >> DEMOCRACY IS WORTH DYING FOR.
[00:34:03] >> DEMOCRACY BELONGS TO US ALL.
[00:34:06] >> WE ARE HERE IN THE SANCTUARY OF DEMOCRACY.
[00:34:10] >> GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES THE FALL ONCE AGAIN TO THE GREAT DEMOCRACIES.
[00:34:12] >> AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS BIGGER THAN ANY ONE PERSON.
[00:34:15] >> FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY MUST BE
[00:34:20] CONSTANTLY GUARDED AND PROTECTED. >> WE ARE STILL AT OUR CORE A DEMOCRACY.
[00:34:23] >> THIS IS ALSO A MASSIVE VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY AND FOR
[00:34:28] FREEDOM. ♪
[00:34:33] >> COMING UP THE UNVEILING OF
[00:34:38] FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
[00:34:39] KEVIN MCCARTHY'S OFFICIAL
[00:34:43] PORTRAIT AND STATUARY HALL OF THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING. CURRENT SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON,
[00:34:46] FORMER DEMOCRATIC PETER STENY HOYER, AND OTHERS WILL ALSO BE
[00:34:48] GIVING REMARKS ON THE TENURE OF THE 55TH SPEAKER OF THE U.S. HOUSE.
[00:34:52] YOU CAN WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF THAT JUST AHEAD HERE ON C-SPAN3.
[00:34:56] ALSO AVAILABLE ON C-SPAN NOW, AND ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG.