CSPAN — Washington Journal Ankush Khardori
20260806 180400 UTC
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[00:00:04] >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[00:00:05] THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO BUILD
[00:00:11] ON. PROTECTING OUR DEMOCRACY.
[00:00:17] WE ARE GOING TO GET THAT DONE.
[00:00:22] >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[00:00:32] >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[00:00:35] SHE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE LEADER.
[00:00:46] MICHIGANDERS HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL
[00:00:49] OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THE
[00:00:51] GOOD WORK CONTINUES.
[00:00:55] >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[00:00:59] >> SECRETARY, WHAT IS YOUR
[00:01:03] POSITION?
[00:01:04] >> A LIVE PICTURE ON YOUR SCREEN
[00:01:10] OF WEST FRANCE, I WILL. THE HERBERT HOOVER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM.
[00:01:15] WE ARE WAITING FOR THE START OF THE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY.
[00:01:19] IT WILL BE THE GRAND REOPENING OF THE LIBRARY. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR
[00:01:23] 18 MONTHS AND IS PART OF A $20
[00:01:25] MILLION RENOVATION. THIS EVENT SHOULD GET UNDERWAY
[00:01:29] SHORTLY AND WE WILL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE ON C-SPAN.
[00:01:48] [INDISCERNIBLE BACKGROUND
[00:01:51] CONVERSATIONS]
[00:02:40] >> AS WE WAIT FOR THIS EVENT TO GET UNDERWAY, WHICH SHOULD BE
[00:02:45] MOMENTARILY, LET'S BRING YOU PART OF THIS MORNING'S WASHINGTON JOURNAL.
[00:02:59] HOST: WELCOME BACK TO WASHINGTON JOURNAL.
[00:03:02] WE ARE JOINED BY THE FOUNDER OF
[00:03:05] OPEN FILE TO TALK ABOUT THE
[00:03:09] NOMINATION FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR TODD BLANCHE. WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
[00:03:14] JUST: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. HOST: TALK ABOUT OPEN FILE.
[00:03:18] GUEST: THIS IS MY NEW SITE, KIND
[00:03:23] OF A NEWSLETTER. IT MERGES THE WORK I HAVE DONE
[00:03:27] FOR OTHER PLACES.
[00:03:30] I WANTED A PLACE THAT IS MY OWN. I LEFT POLITICO A COUPLE MONTHS
[00:03:34] AGO. THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THOSE INTERESTS.
[00:03:39] I FOCUS ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, FEDERAL COURT.
[00:03:44] HOW LEGAL CASES INTERSECT WITH OUR POLITICAL DYNAMICS.
[00:03:48] THINGS LIKE COLUMNS, INTERVIEWS.
[00:03:54] ROUNDTABLES, MORE FREQUENT
[00:03:56] UPDATES ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COURTS.
[00:03:59] HOST: YOU ARE ALSO AN ATTORNEY.
[00:04:03] YOU WORKED AT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. TELL US WHAT YOU DID.
[00:04:05] GUEST: I WORKED AT THE FRAUD
[00:04:09] SECTION OF THE CRIMINAL DIVISION
[00:04:10] IN WASHINGTON, D.C. FROM 2016 TO 2020.
[00:04:15] I SPECIALIZED IN WHITE-COLLAR CRIME AND FINANCIAL FRAUD.
[00:04:18] I INVESTIGATED WITH THE FBI AND
[00:04:21] BROUGHT CASES AGAINST
[00:04:23] INTERNATIONAL FRAUD AND WHITE
[00:04:26] COLOR FRAUD OCCURRING AT BANKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
[00:04:30] I SPENT SIX MONTHS INITIALLY TRAINING AT THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S
[00:04:33] OFFICE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
[00:04:35] WHERE I HANDLED LOW-LEVEL FELONY AND IMMIGRATION PIECES.
[00:04:39] HOST: LET'S TALK ABOUT TODD BLANCHE.
[00:04:43] THE HEADLINE, THE BLANCHE
[00:04:46] CONFIRMATION DEAL IS A FORCE.
[00:04:49] GUEST: AFTER PRESSURE FROM
[00:04:52] REPUBLICAN SENATORS WE SAW OVER THE WEEKEND TODD BLANCHE ISSUE
[00:04:56] SOME ORDERS.
[00:04:57] ONE SAYING THE
[00:05:02] ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND THAT HAD BEEN PROPOSED EARLIER IS NOW DEAD.
[00:05:07] THE OTHER IMPOSING SOME CONSTRAINTS AROUND IT IMMUNITY
[00:05:12] DEAL THE GOVERNMENT DID TO
[00:05:16] TRUMP, HIS FAMILY AND ASSOCIATED BUSINESSES.
[00:05:18] STEMMING FROM THE LAWSUIT THAT
[00:05:21] TRUMP FILED AGAINST THE IRS --
[00:05:22] LET'S SET OUT TO THE SIDE, WE DO
[00:05:28] NOT HAVE TO GET INTO ALL OF THAT -- IT WAS A CONTROVERSIAL DEAL. WHAT BLANCHE DID WAS ESSENTIALLY
[00:05:32] SAY THE CONCEPT OF PAYING OUT TO
[00:05:35] JANUARY 6 DEFENDEDS, THAT IS DEAD, THIS FUND IS OVER.
[00:05:39] THE FUND IS NOT THE ENTIRE STORY
[00:05:44] HERE. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RETAINS THE ABILITY TO SETTLE AND MAKE
[00:05:49] PAYOUTS THROUGH OTHER MECHANISMS.
[00:05:52] JANUARY 6 DEFENDANTS HAVE FILED
[00:05:56] CLAIMS UNDER THE LAW OF