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00:00:02SOCIAL SECURITY AND EXPANDED CHILD TAX CREDIT.
00:00:05HE WAS AGAINST IT AND SAID WAS A DEEPLY IMMORAL TO PASS THAT.
00:00:11CAN YOU IMAGINE -- A GOOD SENATOR FROM TEXAS SAYING THAT?
00:00:14JAMES TALARICO DOESN'T WANT TO
00:00:18TAX THE RICH HE WANTS TO TAX THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND THE
00:00:22PEOPLE ALREADY WORKING HARD.
00:00:23>> WE LEAVE THIS PROGRAM TO TAKE
00:00:26YOU LIVE TO THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD
00:00:29BLANCHE IS HOLDING A BRIEFING ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S AGENDA.
00:00:32AG BLANCHE: SINCE IT IS ME HERE
00:00:36THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, TO SPEND A FEW MOMENTS TALKING ABOUT THE
00:00:38WORK WE ARE DOING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
00:00:42THE FIRST THING I WILL TALK ABOUT IS TERRORISM. SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP RETURNED
00:00:46TO OFFICE, FBI DATA SHOWS 4260
00:00:52ARRESTS RELATED TO FTO'S
00:00:56INCLUDING 1030 NINE INDIVIDUALS PREVENTED FROM CARRYING OUT
00:01:00ALLEGED TERRORIST ATTACKS.
00:01:03THAT IS 38 PERCENT INCREASE FROM THE LAST ADMINISTRATION.
00:01:05I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME RECENT
00:01:08CASES IN ISIS BUTLER COUNTY
00:01:14PENNSYLVANIA TERRORISM ARRESTS THAT TOOK PLACE THIS MORNING.
00:01:16OUT OF OUR PITTSBURGH OFFICE.
00:01:18A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN JONATHAN
00:01:22KRAMER WAS CHARGED AND ARRESTED FOR RECEIVING A FIREARM AND
00:01:25AMMUNITION WITH INTENT TO COMMIT TERRORISM ON BEHALF OF ISIS.
00:01:29HE WAS ARRESTED, THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND THERE WILL BE MORE FROM THAT IN
00:01:33THE FUTURE. JUST TODAY IN THE SOUTHERN
00:01:36DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND
00:01:38INDICTMENT WAS RETURNED CHARGING
00:01:42MULTIPLE RUSSIAN INDIVIDUALS THAT SINCE 2024 THESE
00:01:45INDIVIDUALS WHO WORKED FOR THE
00:01:48-- THE SERVICES OF THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WERE
00:01:52CHARGED WITH FINANCING TERRORISM
00:01:54AND CONSPIRING TO COMMIT MURDER FOR HIRE AROUND THE WORLD
00:01:57INCLUDING -- EFFORTS TO, TO
00:02:01MURDER A RUSSIAN DISSIDENT WHO
00:02:03THEY BELIEVE WAS LOCATED IN THE WASHINGTON DC AREA.
00:02:06I WANT TO TALK NEXT ABOUT THE
00:02:09GREAT WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AND PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKS ABOUT ALL THE TIME.
00:02:13IT IS NEVER -- IT'S NEVER TOO
00:02:16MUCH IN REDUCING CRIME IN THIS COUNTRY. UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP LEADERSHIP
00:02:20CRIME IS THE LOWEST IT HAS BEEN IN MODERN HISTORY.
00:02:25IN 2025, A MURDER RATES WERE DOWN NEARLY 20%.
00:02:29VIOLENT CRIME WAS DOWN NEARLY 10%.
00:02:32DOJ AS FEDERAL LAW PARTNERS ARE STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS WERE
00:02:35WORKING TO GATHER AND
00:02:39COORDINATING AS NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE
00:02:41THE RESULTS THAT YOU ARE SEEING TO MAKE AMERICA SAFE.
00:02:45ANOTHER POINT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE WORK WE'VE DONE IN MEMPHIS.
00:02:52TODAY IS THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF US SIGNING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH
00:02:56MEMPHIS TO DO THE WORK WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR.
00:03:00NEARLY 13,000 ARRESTS IN THE
00:03:01MEMPHIS AREA MORE THAN 2000
00:03:05ILLEGAL FIREARMS SEIZED IN
00:03:06NEARLY 1500 KNOWN GANG MEMBERS
00:03:10ARRESTED OVER THE PAST YEAR.
00:03:11WE ALSO LOCATED MORE THAN 200 MISSING CHILDREN.
00:03:16ST. LOUIS OVER THE PAST FOUR
00:03:19WEEKS, OUR HST F PLATFORM HAS
00:03:22BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY SUCCESSFUL
00:03:26IN ARRESTING VIOLENT CRIMINALS MANY WITH OUTSTANDING WARRANTS
00:03:29AN EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY
00:03:31AND HAD TAKEN OVER 100 ILLEGAL FIREARMS OFF THE STREETS THAT'S
00:03:35JUST IN THE PAST FOUR WEEKS.
00:03:37AND TODAY YOU MAY HAVE HEARD
00:03:40DIRECTOR PATEL ANNOUNCED THAT THE FBI HAS ARRESTED 10 OUT OF
00:03:4310 OF THE CRIMINALS ON THE FBI'S
00:03:4610 MOST WANTED LIST IN THE FIRST 18 MONTHS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
00:03:49WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT FRAUD.
00:03:52YESTERDAY WE WERE -- I WAS IN
00:03:56MISSOURI WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT
00:03:58TALKING ABOUT A COVID FRAUD TAKE
00:04:01DOWN WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON IN MISSOURI AND THE NEIGHBORING STATES.
00:04:05THIS SURGE RESULTED IN FRAUD
00:04:08ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS SPANNING 100
00:04:1060 CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS AND INVOLVED APPROXIMATELY $245
00:04:14MILLION IN THE INTENDED LOSS. AND AGAIN THIS WAS AN EFFORT
00:04:18BETWEEN JUNE, MID JUNE AND SEPTEMBER 1 OF THIS YEAR.
00:04:23WE WORKED WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND THE
00:04:26OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL,
00:04:28THE FBI AND FEDERAL PROSECUTORS AND 40 U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE TO
00:04:32OBTAIN THESE CHARGES.
00:04:36BETWEEN NEWLY CHARGED DEFENDANTS APPROXIMATELY 43 DEFENDANTS HAVE
00:04:40ALREADY PLEADED GUILTY TO SBA RELATED COVID FRAUD WITH WITH
00:04:44NEARLY $50 MILLION IN ATTEMPTED LOSS.
00:04:48IN ONE MORE HIGHLIGHT ON FRAUD, THIS IS JUST TODAY.
00:04:53OUR GREAT U.S. ATTORNEY IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ADAM GORDON SET UP A PRESS
00:04:57CONFERENCE AND ANNOUNCED ABOUT
00:04:59ONE HOUR AGO THAT THERE WERE 12
00:05:02DAYCARE FRAUDSTERS WHO WERE ARRESTED FOR FILING MORE THAN
00:05:05$10 MILLION INTENDED TO HELP LOW INCOME FAMILIES PAY FOR CHILD
00:05:09CARE TO WHAT WERE REALLY BOGUS DAYCARE FACILITIES.
00:05:15ALL 12 OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE NATURALIZED CITIZENS FROM SYRIA,
00:05:19AFGHANISTAN SUDAN AND IRAQ AND SOMALIA.
00:05:23WHEN IT COMES TO UNLAWFUL VOTING WHICH I EXPECT THERE MAY BE A
00:05:26QUESTION ABOUT IN A MOMENT, THE
00:05:28DOJ AND DHS ARE WORKING TOGETHER
00:05:32TO PRIORITIZE UNLAWFUL VOTING IN OUR ELECTIONS.
00:05:35ELECTION INTEGRITY SHOULD NOT BE A PARTISAN ISSUE. THOSE WHO ARE NOT LEGALLY
00:05:38ALLOWED TO VOTE SHOULDN'T.
00:05:41AND IF YOU KNOWINGLY BREAK THE LAW YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
00:05:44IN THE PAST 10 DAYS, THE
00:05:47DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCED CHARGES AGAINST 11 INDIVIDUALS
00:05:50FOR ILLEGALLY VOTING IN 2024 AND
00:05:5520 REGISTERING TO VOTE.
00:05:58WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS ILLEGAL ALIENS VOTING, AND NONCITIZENS
00:06:02WERE NOT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE VOTING
00:06:04OR THOSE FRAUDULENT IN QUESTION VOTERS WHO NOT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
00:06:09SO JUST PUT A FINER POINT ON THIS.
00:06:11IN UNDER TWO YEARS THIS
00:06:13ADMINISTRATION'S CHARGE NEARLY
00:06:15FOUR TIMES AS MANY NONCITIZEN VOTING CASES AS THE LAST
00:06:18ADMINISTRATION BROUGHT IN FOUR YEARS.
00:06:22AND WE ARE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING HUNDREDS OF CASES
00:06:25ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND OUR GREAT
00:06:28U.S. ATTORNEY IN THE NORTHERN
00:06:31DISTRICT OF TEXAS WILL BE ANNOUNCING A BIG DEVELOPMENT ON
00:06:34THIS TOPIC IN ABOUT AN HOUR SO SHORTLY AFTER THIS BRIEFING.
00:06:40SO, WITH HER THAT I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.
00:06:44I KNOW IT'S A DIFFERENT
00:06:46ENVIRONMENT THAN BEFORE, I NOTICED YOU GUYS ARE SWEATING.
00:06:51THIS IS NICE I LOVE TO SEE THAT.
00:06:54WE WILL START OUT WITH CAROLINE
00:06:58DOWNING. THEY GIVE YOU A LIST GUYS.
00:07:00EVERYBODY CALM DOWN. CAROLINE DOWNEY FROM THE NATIONAL REVIEW.
00:07:06>> DOES THE SUPREME COURT'S
00:07:11RULING ON THE MAIL-IN BALLOT EXECUTIVE ORDER PRESENT AN
00:07:14OBSTACLE TO FUTURE BALLOT FRAUD PROSECUTION IN YOUR VIEW?
00:07:16AND AS WE LOOK TO 2028 DO YOU FORESEE A FUTURE LEGAL BATTLE
00:07:20FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE WHEN IT COMES TO PREVENTING NONCITIZENS FROM VOTING?
00:07:24AG BLANCHE: THE SUPREME COURT'S
00:07:26DECISION TODAY OR YESTERDAY DOESN'T AFFECT ONGOING CRIMINAL
00:07:30INVESTIGATIONS INTO ILLEGAL VOTING.
00:07:31I THINK THE -- WE, PRESIDENT
00:07:34TRUMP -- THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING SURPRISING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
00:07:38TRYING TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO MAIL-IN VOTING WHICH IS WE WANT
00:07:42TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SAFE
00:07:44VOTING AND THERE IS INTEGRITY, FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS AND THAT
00:07:48THERE IS ONE PERSON PLACING ONE VOTE AND THAT THAT PERSON IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
00:07:52YOU -- YOU SAW PART OF THE
00:07:56DECISION WAS THE TIMING AND WE
00:07:58RAN OUT OF TIME BECAUSE OF THE
00:08:01LITIGATION IN PART AND SO OUR EFFORTS TO -- PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
00:08:04EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS ARE
00:08:07NOT GOING TO STOP JUST IN
00:08:11NOVEMBER OR AFTER SO I EXPECT YOU WILL SEE WORK CONTINUE. MARY MARGARET.
00:08:20>> THANK YOU SIR.
00:08:24I HAD TWO QUESTIONS IF THAT'S OK.
00:08:27THE FIRST, A TOM HOMAN SET ON SUNDAY HOMELAND SECURITY
00:08:31INVESTIGATIONS IS ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING ILL HON OMAR. IF SHE'S FOUND TWO OF COMMITTED
00:08:35IMMIGRATION FRAUD WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DEPORT HER AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS THERE'S
00:08:40CONCERN AMONG THE MAG A BASE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
00:08:44IDEOLOGICAL ACTORS IN THE FBI AND DOJ STILL THERE WITH WAITING
00:08:48OUT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE NEXT POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN
00:08:51ADMINISTRATION TO GET BACK TO DO WHAT THEY WERE DOING BEFORE. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT AG
00:08:55BLANCHE: AG BLANCHE: THAT?
00:08:57I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS SO I
00:09:01DON'T HAVE TO SAME THING ABOUT THE FIRST QUESTION OR ANYBODY
00:09:05REPORTING ABOUT WHAT OTHERS HAVE
00:09:08SAID ABOUT ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS.
00:09:11IDEOLOGICAL -- ANY IDEOLOGY THAT A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HAS WITH HER
00:09:14IT'S A FEDERAL AGENT OR SOMEBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OR
00:09:17ANY OTHER AGENCY THAT WORKS --
00:09:19IN THIS ADMINISTRATION IS NEVER
00:09:22-- IS NEVER A GOOD THING. WHETHER IT'S REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.
00:09:26I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO BUT ONE OF THE
00:09:30THINGS DIRECTOR PATEL HAS BEEN DOING THAT I'VE BEEN DOING AND OTHER CABINET SECRETARIES HAVE
00:09:34BEEN DOING IS MAKING SURE
00:09:36EVERYBODY WHO WORKS IN THIS
00:09:40ADMINISTRATION WHETHER YOU'RE IN CAREER OR POLITICAL IS DOING
00:09:43WORK THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA. THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IF YOU'RE GOING TO WORK IN THE
00:09:48EXECUTIVE THAT'S WHAT ARTICLE TWO SAYS.
00:09:50SO -- I, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I WORRY ABOUT.
00:10:05SORRY, YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME A CHANCE TO CATCH MY BREATH. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
00:10:09TWO THINGS I WANT TO CLARIFY.
00:10:12YOU SAID PROSECUTIONS OF POTENTIAL ELECTION FRAUD WILL
00:10:15CONTINUE DESPITE THE COURT RULING. BUT DOES THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
00:10:19PLAN TO SUSPEND THE ATTEMPTS TO
00:10:23ESTABLISH FEDERAL MAIL-IN BALLOT
00:10:26STANDARDS FOR THE 2026 CYCLE? WILL THAT END FOR NOW.
00:10:29AND THEN I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU MAKE WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THE
00:10:33PRESIDENT AND WHAT HE SAID ABOUT HIS SUPREME COURT NOMINEES THAT
00:10:36THEY "ARE NOT THE PEOPLE I
00:10:38INTERVIEWED TO SERVE ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, THEY ARE MERELY A
00:10:41SHELL OF THEIR ORIGINAL CELLS."
00:10:44AG BLANCHE: OF COURSE WE ARE
00:10:48GOING TO COMPLY WITH THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION AS WE ALWAYS DO. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE WERE
00:10:52KNOCKING TO DO EVERYTHING THIS ADMINISTRATION CAN TO MAKE SURE
00:10:55THAT THERE ARE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS.
00:10:57AGAIN, THERE IS THIS CONSTANT
00:11:00PRESSURE AND THIS THIS EFFORT BY
00:11:03THE MEDIA AND MOSTLY BY DEMOCRATS THAT SOMEHOW DOING
00:11:06THAT IS A BAD THING. EVERYBODY SHOULD WANT THAT.
00:11:09REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS SHOULD ONE FREE AND FAIR ELECTION SO --
00:11:13SO, WHILE THE SUPREME COURT DID WHAT IT DID AND WE ARE NOT TO STOP THE WORK WE ARE DOING BUT
00:11:17WE ARE OF COURSE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THE -- THE ORDERS OF THE
00:11:21COURT. AS FAR AS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S --
00:11:24TRUTH ABOUT THE JUSTICES, HE IS VERY FRUSTRATED AND AND I WASN'T
00:11:28AT THE INTERVIEWS THAT HE WAS --
00:11:31THAT HE PARTICIPATED IN DURING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION WHEN
00:11:34WHEN HE SUGGESTED THESE FOLKS TO BE ON THE SUPREME COURT.
00:11:37HE HAS EVERY RIGHT -- AND
00:11:39INDEED, HE SHOULD COMMUNICATE
00:11:42HIS CONCERNS WITH THE SUPREME COURT WHENEVER HE HAS THEM.
00:11:45THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE'S DONE IT AND IT WON'T BE THE LAST.
00:11:49HE'S ALSO PUBLICLY VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPREME COURT WHEN THERE'S DECISIONS
00:11:52THAT HE VERY MUCH AGREES WITH. THAT'S WHAT DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT.
00:11:56A DEMOCRACY ABOUT THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
00:12:00PRESIDENT TRUMP BEING CRITICAL OF FOLKS ON THE SUPREME COURT WE VERY MUCH DISAGREE WITH THE
00:12:04SUPREME COURT'S DECISION. THAT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS FROM OUR PAPERS AND FROM WHAT WE SAID
00:12:08PUBLICLY ABOUT THE CASE.
00:12:09AND SO -- I, I AM ALSO UPSET
00:12:14ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT DECISION BUT THE IDEA THE PRESIDENT TRUMP
00:12:17SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE HIS FRUSTRATION I I -- I DON'T SHARE THAT.
00:12:23SEE THERE'S A MICROPHONE. DON'T YOU LOVE THAT.
00:12:27NEXT QUESTION.
00:12:27>> DID YOU ASK FOR JOE TO
00:12:32JENNIFER'S RENTER -- RESIGNATION AND DID HE TELL YOU HE FELT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO
00:12:36MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GRAND CONSPIRACY INVESTIGATION?
00:12:38AG BLANCHE: I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS I
00:12:42HAD WITH PROSECUTORS.
00:12:45I -- I -- HE RESIGNED LAST WEEK. HE CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO
00:12:48HELP THE PRESIDENT AND TO HELP US WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF
00:12:51THE WORK HE DID -- BEYOND THAT THERE'S BEEN A FEW NEW STORIES
00:12:55ABOUT HE SAID SOME DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT OUTLETS
00:12:59WHICH IS IS FINE, I WILL JUST LEAVE IT VERY MUCH I APPRECIATED
00:13:02THE WORK THAT HE DID FOR US AND
00:13:04FOR THE ADMINISTRATION ANY
00:13:06INVESTIGATIONS HE'S WORKING ON
00:13:08OF COURSE CONTINUE LIKE ANY INVESTIGATION DOES WHEN SOMEBODY
00:13:12LEAVES. AND WE ARE NOT IN A SLOWDOWN
00:13:15JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY JARED HALPERN.
00:13:24>> TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
00:13:29FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, WHAT ARE YOUR
00:13:33CONCERNS ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? WHAT REGULATIONS ARE NEEDED, DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE A
00:13:37SLOWDOWN IN THAT TECHNOLOGY ESPECIALLY WITH HOW IT'S BEING
00:13:41USED INCREASINGLY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS.
00:13:44AND SECONDLY MORE BROADLY WHAT ROLE SHOULD AMERICANS EXPECT THE
00:13:48JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE IN THE UPCOMING MIDTERM ELECTIONS?
00:13:51AG BLANCHE: SO -- I WILL ANSWER
00:13:53THE FIRST QUESTION. THE SECOND QUESTION FIRST.
00:13:57THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALWAYS INVOLVED IN ELECTIONS.
00:14:01THAT'S NOT NEW TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND SO OUR GOAL
00:14:03IS GOING TO BE THE SAME ROLE
00:14:05THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS -- PLAY
00:14:08IN ELECTIONS UNDER THE LAW AS WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO AND AS WE SHOULD TO DO.
00:14:12SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN THIS ELECTION JUST LIKE THE
00:14:16BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DID IT DURING THE ELECTIONS WHEN BIDEN WAS PRESIDENT.
00:14:20AS FAR AS AI IS CONCERNED -- WE
00:14:22HAVE A LOT -- THERE'S A LOT OF CRIMINAL LAWS AND SO IF ANYBODY
00:14:26ASSOCIATED WITH AI -- VIOLATES CRIMINAL LAW WE WILL INVESTIGATE THEM.
00:14:30WE ALREADY HAVE, THERE'S -- THERE'S PLENTY OF CASES WILL BE
00:14:34CHARGED INDIVIDUALS. I DON'T THINK IT'S THE JOB OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO
00:14:38REGULATE WE ARE PROSECUTORS NOT REGULATORS.
00:14:40SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO TRY AND REGULATE AI.
00:14:43AI IS EXTRAORDINARILY BENEFICIAL TO OUR SOCIETY.
00:14:46THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT WORK THAT
00:14:47AI DOES AND AND IT IS SOMETHING
00:14:50THAT CONVENIENTLY HAS BECOME A FLASHPOINT THIS WEEK AND THE
00:14:53PRESIDENT SPOKE ABOUT THAT AND I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH HIM.
00:14:55SECOND ROW -- STEPHEN NELSON.
00:15:01OH IT'S MY FAVORITE PAPER THE NEW YORK POST. AMAZING.
00:15:05I 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.
00:15:12ON THE IRAN WAR CONGRESS IN
00:15:14THOMAS MASSIE TO PUT ARTICLES IN
00:15:18GOOD IMPEACHMENT AGAINST SECRETARY HEGSETH FOR ALLEGEDLY
00:15:23FILING THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION BY CONDUCTING WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL CONCESSION.
00:15:27WHAT'S YOUR ASSESSMENT OF HOW
00:15:28LONG THE WAR CAN CONTINUE
00:15:31WITHOUT SPECIFIC CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION AND SECONDLY ON ANTHONY FAUCI COULD YOU DESCRIBE
00:15:35THE STATUS OF YOUR REVIEW OF HIS
00:15:37ALLEGED CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS?
00:15:40ARE WE ANY CLOSER TO CHARGES THERE AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY
00:15:43YOUR DEPARTMENT DIDN'T PROSECUTE HIM FOR ALLEGEDLY PERJURING HIMSELF?
00:15:47AG BLANCHE: THE -- THE FIRST
00:15:51QUESTION IS SECRETARY HEGSETH IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB AND THE
00:15:55SECRETARY OF WAR DOESN'T JUST GO OFF AND DO THINGS. SO HE FOLLOWS THE LAW.
00:15:59AND SO THE THE DOJ PLAYS A ROLE IN THAT AND WE PLAY AN ACTIVE
00:16:02ROLE IN MAKING SURE THE LAWS COMPLY YOU CALL WITH -- YOU CALL TO WAR.
00:16:06I DISAGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION AS DOES MOST OF CONGRESS.
00:16:09AND THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS ON WHETHER IT'S A WAR AND WHAT TO
00:16:12DO AND WHY VOTE -- FOLKS IN
00:16:15CONGRESS WHICH DETERMINE THAT HE'S NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG IN THE PRESIDENT IS NOT DOING
00:16:19ANYTHING WRONG SHOULD RESULT IN ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT I GUESS YOU'LL HAVE TO TALK TO MASSEY
00:16:24ABOUT THAT.
00:16:24AS FAR AS OUCHI -- WE -- AGAIN
00:16:29IT'S AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION I'M NOT IN TALK ABOUT IT.
00:16:32WE -- WE TAKE ANY TIME ANYBODY
00:16:35LIES TO CONGRESS OR POTENTIALLY LIES TO CONGRESS SERIOUSLY BUT BEYOND THAT I DON'T HAVE A
00:16:38COMMENT.
00:16:43>> I WANTED TO FOLLOW-UP WITH
00:16:47YOUR REMARKS REGARDING THAT DECISION BY THE SUPREME COURT
00:16:51REGARDING MAIL-IN VOTING. AS YOU SAID THE PRESIDENT WAS
00:16:54NOT PLEASED BY THIS RULING BY THE SUPREME COURT.
00:16:57HE PUT OUT A LENGTHY SOCIAL MEDIA POST AND SAID IN PART THE
00:17:01SUPREME COURT HAS REALLY LET OUR COUNTRY DOWN.
00:17:04CERTAIN JUSTICES ARE PETRIFIED OF THESE CRAZED AND DEPRAVED
00:17:08DEMOCRATS THAT ARE TOTALLY UNABLE TO SHOW THE COURAGE
00:17:11NECESSARY TO SAVE OUR AMERICA.
00:17:14YOU USED TO BE THE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL LAWYER.
00:17:17YOU USED TO BE IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, WOULD YOU EVER
00:17:21ENCOURAGE ONE OF YOUR CLIENTS TO DISPARAGE A COURT IN THE MANNER
00:17:25THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DISPARAGE THE SUPREME COURT?
00:17:28AG BLANCHE: --, HE'S -- YOU CAN
00:17:32TALK ABOUT MY BACKGROUND AND
00:17:35THEN ASKED ME WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE. HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:17:39SO THE REAL QUESTION IS WHETHER THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS ALLOWED TO BE CRITICAL
00:17:43OF ONE OF THE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY. OF COURSE HE IS.
00:17:47AND BY THE WAY WHAT HE WROTE ABOUT THAT IS THE SAME THING HE SAID PUBLICLY REPEATEDLY.
00:17:52THE SAME THING THE DOJ'S BRIEFS HAVE SAID ABOUT THE ISSUE.
00:17:57WE DO THINK THIS DECISION IS NOT THE RIGHT DECISION.
00:17:59THAT IS OK, THAT'S THE WAY DEMOCRACY WORKS.
00:18:03SO WHAT I WOULD'VE ADVISED THE CLIENT OR WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE
00:18:06WHEN I WAS A PROSECUTOR OR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LAWYER --
00:18:09ISN'T IN ANY WAY SHAPE RELEVANT
00:18:12TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE DOING IN COMMUNICATING TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
00:18:22ARE YOU GUYS SWEATING YET? NICE. I LOVE THAT.
00:18:25>> ARE YOU?
00:18:27AG BLANCHE: NO I'M COMFORTABLE.
00:18:30I HAVE WATER IF ANYBODY NEEDS IT. >> I WANT TO PUT A FINE POINT ON
00:18:34THAT LAST QUESTION THAT I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION RELATED TO IT.
00:18:37ON THE COMMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT SPECIFICALLY THAT THE
00:18:41SUPREME COURT JUSTICES IN THIS DECISION AREN'T THE PEOPLE HE
00:18:45INTERVIEWED. DOES THAT UNDERMINE EVEN THE PERCEPTION OF THE COURTS INDEPENDENCE IN YOUR VIEW?
00:18:48AG BLANCHE: -- NOT AT ALL.
00:18:52HE WANTS ANOTHER ONE THAT'S OK. I DON'T THINK IT UNDERMINES.
00:18:56I THINK -- LOOK WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE DOBBS DECISION,
00:18:59MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THE ADMINISTRATION CAME OUT
00:19:03BASICALLY THREATENING JUDGES FOR MONTHS ON END.
00:19:05THERE IS A FULL SECURITY FORCE
00:19:08OK AROUND EVERY JUSTICE BECAUSE OF THE RHETORIC AFTER THE
00:19:12SUPREME COURT ISSUED THAT DECISION. SO THE FACT THE PRESIDENT ISSUES
00:19:14A TRUTH SAYING THAT THE JUSTICES
00:19:17HE INTERVIEWED IN FRONT OF HIM SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO EIGHT YEARS AGO ARE NOT THE JUSTICES
00:19:21HE IS SEEING NOW, THAT THAT
00:19:24UNDERMINES -- NO I DON'T THINK IT ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM IT DOES THAT.
00:19:29I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THE MEDIA WANTS TO PUT ON IT.
00:19:32HE HAS -- THE PRESIDENT SHOULD
00:19:36BE COMMUNICATIVE WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT CASES THAT ARE EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT TO
00:19:39HIM WHICH THIS ONE IS.
00:19:40>> RELATED TO THIS DISCUSSION
00:19:46AFTER ALL THIS BACK-AND-FORTH ARE YOU CONCERNED VOTERS MAY BE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THEIR
00:19:50OPTIONS ARE TO VOTE BY MAIL AND
00:19:52WHAT IF ANYTHING, THE DOJ DO TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE FALLOUT OF
00:19:56THIS CASE? AG BLANCHE: I'M -- I'M NOT SURE
00:20:00THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOLLOWED THIS IS CLOSELY AS THE FOLKS IN
00:20:03THIS PUPIL ROSE GARDEN.
00:20:05SO NO, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY SUGGESTION OR ANY INFORMATION OR
00:20:09HEARD FROM SECRETARIES OF STATE THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE.
00:20:15THAT'S -- LISTEN, BALLOTS OR CONFUSING IN EVERY ELECTION, THE WAY THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED AND
00:20:19TALKED ABOUT THEIR SOMETHING
00:20:22THAT THE STATE AND LOCALS HANDLE VERY WELL EVERY SINGLE ELECTION
00:20:26CYCLE. SO NO THAT DOESN'T CONCERN. GO AHEAD.
00:20:34>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:20:40ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE OVAL OFFICE THE PRESIDENT MIGHT BE WATCHING SO IF AT ANY POINT HE
00:20:43WANTS TO COME OUT AND TAKE QUESTIONS.
00:20:46WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM.
00:20:51YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. TWO QUESTIONS HERE.
00:21:02WITH CHINA HAS BEEN STEALING FROM OUR AI COMPANIES?
00:21:06SO IS IT TIME TO GO AFTER CHINA
00:21:08AND PARTICULARLY PRESIDENT XI
00:21:12JINPING WHO WILL BE HERE IN WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK.
00:21:14IS IT TIME FOR THE PRESIDENT TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT HOW CHINA HAS BEEN STEALING FROM US?
00:21:18AG BLANCHE: SO WHEN YOU SAY
00:21:21CHINA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ENTIRE COUNTRY.
00:21:24THE PRESIDENT HAS -- THOSE TWO PRESIDENTS HAVE A GREAT
00:21:27RELATIONSHIP AND THEY GET ALONG THEY MAKE DEALS TOGETHER, BUT
00:21:31ARE THERE SEPARATE ISSUES WITH ACTORS IN CHINA AND COMPANIES IN
00:21:35CHINA, BAD ACTORS. THAT EXISTED LONG BEFORE THIS
00:21:38ADMINISTRATION EXISTED AND THE
00:21:42DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND OTHER AGENCIES IN THE EXECUTIVE OF
00:21:45COURSE WERE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO COMBAT THAT AND GO AFTER IT.
00:21:49BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO JUST LABEL CHINA AS A COUNTRY
00:21:53WHERE THERE'S BAD ACTORS. SOMEBODY IN THE BACK.
00:21:58YEAH THE GUY POINTING TO HIS OWN.
00:22:02SEE IT'S A MICROPHONE THING I CAN HEAR YOU. SORRY.
00:22:06I CAN HEAR YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:22:12WILLIE NELSON WITH SRN.
00:22:15REPORTS SAY ACTRESS HAYDEN PANETTIERE MAY HAVE DIED AFTER
00:22:18TAKING A PILL LACED WITH FENTANYL.
00:22:20THE DEA IS LOOKING AT HER ALLEGED DEALER. WHAT IS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
00:22:25DOING TO GO AFTER THE PEOPLE THAT SELL THESE FAKE PILLS?
00:22:29AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS IS THE
00:22:32AI DOOMSDAY TALK A REAL NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE OR IS IT A WAY TO
00:22:35PUT THE GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE OF THE INTERNET?
00:22:38AG BLANCHE: WHEN IT COMES TO
00:22:41FENTANYL THEY ARE NOT FAKE PILLS , THEY ARE DEAF PILLS.
00:22:45AS A FEDERAL STATUTE THAT ALLOWS US TO GO AFTER -- ASSUMING WE
00:22:49CAN PROVE WHO THE DEALER IS, TO GO AFTER THEM AND PUT THEM IN
00:22:53PRISON FOR MURDER. WE DO IT IN EVERY DISTRICT IN THIS COUNTRY AND IT'S A BIG
00:22:58EMPHASIS OF DA ADMINISTERED A COAL.
00:23:02SO WHEN WE CAN PROVE AND
00:23:06SOMETIMES IF SOMEBODY IS AN ADDICT IT IS DIFFICULT TO PROVE WHO THEY GOT THE PILL FROM.
00:23:11IN THE CASES WERE WE KNOW WHO THE DEALER AND WE CAN PROVE
00:23:13BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT
00:23:16THE PERSON SOLD THE DEATH BILL TO THE VICTIM WHO THEN DIES,
00:23:20THAT IS A FEDERAL CRIME AND SOMETHING WE WILL READILY
00:23:24PROSECUTE AS OFTEN AS WE CAN.
00:23:26AS FAR AS THE AI QUESTION, I ENTERED IT EARLIER.
00:23:31THIS SHOULD NOT BE BREAKING NEWS.
00:23:34THAT THIS AI ISSUE THAT IS SUDDENLY COME UP TWO MONTHS
00:23:37BEFORE ELECTION IS BEING -- THE PRESIDENT CALLS IT A HOAX.
00:23:40THE WAY THIS HAS COME AROUND
00:23:42TODAY AND NOT THREE MONTHS AGO
00:23:45-- I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS. EVERY DEMOCRATIC SENATOR RACES
00:23:48TO A MICROPHONE TO TALK ABOUT AI AFTER BEING EERILY SILENT FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS.
00:23:53TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMING HAS BEING NOTHING BUT AN EFFORT TO
00:23:57INFLUENCE THE MIDTERMS, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
00:24:00OF COURSE THAT IS WHAT IT IS.
00:24:03THAT SHOULD NOT BE WHAT DRIVES THE DECISIONS WE ARE MAKING AROUND AI.
00:24:08WE CAN'T LOSE THE AI RACE TO CHINA.
00:24:11PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THAT, EVERYBODY SAYS THAT. THEY SAY THAT BECAUSE IT IS
00:24:15TRUE. SECOND ROW, YES.
00:24:21>> THE FBI CONDUCTED A RAID AT
00:24:25FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA BACK IN JANUARY. THEY ALLEGE THERE WAS
00:24:29IMPROPRIETY WITH THE 2020 ELECTION THERE.
00:24:31HAS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOUND ANY EVIDENCE FROM THE FBI?
00:24:34WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG IF YOU
00:24:38THINK THERE WAS ELECTION FRAUD IN 2020? WHERE'S THE EVIDENCE?
00:24:42ATTY. GEN. BLANCHE: THE FBI
00:24:46CONDUCTED A RAID. THE JUDGE AUTHORIZED TO SEARCH WARRANT BASED UPON PROBABLE
00:24:50CAUSE TO ALLOW US TO SEARCH AND COLLECT THOSE RECORDS.
00:24:53THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RECORDS AND THEY ARE NOW MANY YEARS OLD.
00:24:58I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE QUESTION ABOUT TIMING IS.
00:25:02WHEN WE HAVE AN ANSWER, WHEN THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE, YOU
00:25:06WILL KNOW. WE CAN'T RUSH AN INVESTIGATION
00:25:10REVIEWING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BALLOTS FOR MANY YEARS AGO.
00:25:11THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S AN
00:25:16ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SO IT'S GETTING INTO THE WEEDS. IT'S ALSO NOT APPROPRIATE TO
00:25:20SUGGEST THIS IS JUST THE FBI ARE
00:25:23DOJ GOING AND SEIZING RECORDS.
00:25:25IT IS A JUDGE REVIEWING AN
00:25:29AFFIDAVIT AND FINDING THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE. SOMEBODY IN THE BACK. YOU, SURE.
00:25:34>> [INAUDIBLE]
00:25:38WAS THE PRESIDENT [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:25:43-- EXCEPTING A GIFT FROM RUSSIAN
00:25:46OLIGARCH WHEN HE DECIDED NOT TO GO TO THE BAHAMAS TO HIS
00:25:50WEDDING? WHAT WAS HIS REACTION WHEN HE LEARNED ABOUT IT?
00:25:58TO YOU WAS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL,
00:26:00WAS IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE SON OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
00:26:03STATES TO ACCEPT SUCH A GIFT
00:26:05FROM A FOREIGN BUSINESSMAN, FROM
00:26:09A FRIEND OF PUTIN?
00:26:13ARE YOU GOING TO INVESTIGATIVE
00:26:16EVERYTHING WAS APPROPRIATELY REPORTED AS A GIFT?
00:26:24ATTY. 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.
00:26:28THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY DO NOT KNOW WHO THIS PERSON IS.
00:26:30THE PRESIDENT'S SON SAID HE
00:26:33ACCEPTED A GIFT THE WEEKEND OF HIS WEDDING.
00:26:39I AM NOT SURE WHEN YOU SAY AM I INVESTIGATING, AND BY INVESTIGATING WHAT?
00:26:43WHEN YOU SAY THIS PERSON IS A
00:26:45FRIEND OF PUTIN, I DON'T KNOW
00:26:49IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT. IT'S FUN TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH THE RHETORIC AROUND
00:26:53IT. I THINK ALL THE RELEVANT PEOPLE
00:26:55INVOLVED, THE PRESIDENT, HIS KIDS HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED IT.
00:26:59I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION. I DON'T KNOW THIS PERSON EITHER
00:27:02SO I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT IT BEYOND THAT. JUST A COUPLE MORE.
00:27:06YOU. YOU. I WAS GOING TO SAY THE BALD GUY
00:27:10WITH THAT'S PROBABLY -- BUT I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE FOR THAT.
00:27:13>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY QUESTION TODAY.
00:27:17I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS THAT ARE DEEPLY IMPORTANT TO THE AUDIENCE.
00:27:21ONE IS ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WEAPONIZATION OF WORKING GROUP AND WHAT THE STATUS OF THE WORKING GROUP IS.
00:27:26UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP WILL THE DOJ FINALLY INVESTIGATE THE TREATMENT OF THE JANUARY 6
00:27:30POLITICAL PRISONERS IN THE FOUR
00:27:33DEATHS THAT OCCURRED THAT DAY COMING PUTTING THE KILLING OF TWO WOMEN BY POLICE?
00:27:38AND ANY FEDERAL INVASIONS
00:27:43INVOLVED? WILL YOU INVESTIGATE WHETHER THERE WAS ANY IMPROPER CONTACT AS IT WAS REPORTED BY SOURCES BETWEEN MERRICK GARLAND'S DOJ
00:27:47AND ACTIVIST D.C. JUDGES?
00:27:48ATTY. GEN. BLANCHE: AGAIN, THE
00:27:54SAME QUESTION ABOUT ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT AND NEVER WILL BE.
00:27:58WHEN IT COMES TO THE WEAPONIZATION OF WORKING GROUP,
00:28:01WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING OUT A
00:28:04PRODUCT ADDRESSING ANOTHER ONE
00:28:06OF THE ISSUES WE WERE CHARGED
00:28:10WITH LOOKING INTO. THAT WORK CONTINUES.
00:28:14ALL THE WORK WE ARE DOING AROUND
00:28:16THE ANTI-WEAPONIZATION, THE
00:28:20FIXING WHAT WE BELIEVE IN WHAT WE KNOW WENT WRONG DURING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT
00:28:24JUST HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
00:28:26IT INVOLVES, LIKE ANY INVESTIGATION, RECORDS AND
00:28:30INTERVIEWS AND LAWYERS AND AGENTS DOING WORK. THAT WORK CONTINUES.
00:28:34IT IS NOT FAIR TO THE PROCESS,
00:28:36TO THE PROSECUTOR'S, OR ANYBODY
00:28:38INVOLVED FOR ME TO GIVE NUGGETS ALONG THE WAY OF WHAT WE ARE DOING OR NOT DOING.
00:28:42I WILL NOT DO THAT. YES, YOU.
00:28:46>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:28:51THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL.
00:28:55OPENING I SAID THEY'RE WORKING WITH GOOGLE AND ANTHROPIC ON
00:28:57SECURITY MEASURES FOR THEIR AI MODELS -- OPENAI.
00:29:03DO THEY NEED ANTITRUST WAIVERS? ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT WHO
00:29:07CONTROLS THE INFORMATION COMING OUT OF AI?
00:29:11ATTY. GEN. BLANCHE: WHETHER
00:29:15ENTITIES NEED ANTITRUST WAIVERS NOT SOMETHING I CAN ANSWER FROM THE PODIUM OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:29:19THERE ARE DOZENS OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT AND THERE IS AN
00:29:21APPLICATION PROCESS AND A
00:29:24PROCESS THAT DOJ AND OTHERS USED TO DETERMINE. I CAN'T ADDRESS THAT.
00:29:29TO THE EXTENT THAT THOSE
00:29:32COMPANIES ARE LOOKING TO REGULATE THEMSELVES OR FIX
00:29:34PROBLEMS THEY HAVE, THEY SHOULD DO THAT.
00:29:38WORKING WITH US IF NECESSARY. THAT IS ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT
00:29:42THAT. ONE MORE. >> THANK YOU.
00:29:46ATTY. GEN. BLANCHE: I WILL COME TO YOU NEXT.
00:29:49>> TWO QUESTIONS.
00:29:52PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THERE WAS
00:29:55NO EVIDENCE IN THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA.
00:30:00HE SAID IT WAS A DEMOCRATIC PLOT.
00:30:03MOMENTS LATER, KASH PATEL TESTIFY THIS SHOOTER WAS NOT SPEAKING TO ANYONE OTHER THAN
00:30:07HIS PARENTS. CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THIS
00:30:10WAS A DEMOCRATIC PLOT AND WHAT THIS NEW EVIDENCE IS?
00:30:14A SECOND QUESTION, IN THE SAME POST HE SAID THAT CHRISTOPHER
00:30:17WRAY SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR HIS
00:30:21LACK OF OVERSIGHT DURING THIS INVESTIGATION.
00:30:23IS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BRINGING CHARGES AGAINST CHRIS WRAY?
00:30:26ATTY. GEN. BLANCHE: THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DOES NOT PUNISH.
00:30:29I WAS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP
00:30:32DURING THE TIME PERIOD BEFORE
00:30:37AND AFTER THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AND HE WAS SHOT, A VICTIM.
00:30:41AN INNOCENT MAN WAS KILLED. THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN THAT
00:30:45HAPPENED. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID TODAY ABOUT
00:30:49THE NEW INFORMATION IN THIS NEW INFORMATION IS INFORMATION THAT
00:30:50WE FOUND, THAT THE FBI FOUND
00:30:54PRODUCED TO THE SENATE IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRIES THEY HAD. IT IS NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE
00:30:59SHOOTER AND ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND, ABOUT HIS HISTORY.
00:31:03THAT IS STUFF WE DID NOT KNOW BEFORE. THAT IS THE INFORMATION.
00:31:06AS FAR AS HIS FRUSTRATION WITH
00:31:08THE FBI, I WAS THERE WITH HIM.
00:31:12YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE IT IS NOT REALLY CLEAR WHAT THE
00:31:17LEADERSHIP OF THE FBI WERE DOING IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD OF
00:31:20THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION TO PROTECT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
00:31:24THAT'S THE SAME ORGANIZATION THAT WAS TRYING TO PUT HIM IN PRISON UNTIL HE DIES.
00:31:29HIS FRUSTRATION AND CONCERN ABOUT WHAT THE FORMER DIRECTOR
00:31:32WAS DOING IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT NEW.
00:31:36HE HAS SAID THAT FOR A LONG TIME. I WAS WITH HIM DURING
00:31:39INVESTIGATION BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT TO UNDERSTAND
00:31:43WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY.
00:31:46DIRECTOR PATEL HAS UNDERTAKEN A
00:31:48HERCULEAN EFFORT TO GO THROUGH
00:31:50ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND UNDERSTAND
00:31:52WHAT WAS MISSED OF ANYTHING AND PROVIDE ANYTHING THAT HAD NOT
00:31:55COME FORWARD TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:31:58THAT IS WHAT HE HAS DONE. LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.
00:32:01>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ATTORNEY GENERAL.
00:32:05TWO QUESTIONS. WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR ISIS
00:32:09PRISONERS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA,
00:32:12INCLUDING THOSE CAPTURED BY THE
00:32:15FORCES IN FIGHTS AGAINST ISIS AND TERRORISM? THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
00:32:20WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO STOP
00:32:24IRAN-BACKED MILITIAS IN IRAQ FROM USING THE U.S. FINANCIAL
00:32:28SYSTEM TO FUND THEIR ACTIVITIES?
00:32:30ATTY. GEN. BLANCHE: THE FIRST
00:32:34ONE, WORKING WITH TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT AND DHS, WE
00:32:37SPEND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
00:32:39RESOURCES AND EFFORT TO KEEP OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM CLEAR OF ANY
00:32:42TERRORIST FINANCING. IF WE FIND MONEY LINKED TO
00:32:47TERRORISM, WE FREEZE THE MONEY AND SEES IT IF WE CAN.
00:32:49THAT IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS DO AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO. AS FAR AS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
00:32:53DO WITH PRISONERS IN THOSE COUNTRIES, IT DEPENDS.
00:32:56IF THEY ARE CHARGED WITH CRIMES,
00:32:58WE WILL OBVIOUSLY -- WE WANT THOSE PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND FACE JUSTICE.
00:33:04IT DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND THAT.
00:33:06CAN I JUST SAY I'M DONE WITH QUESTIONS.
00:33:10I STATED 10 MINUTES LONGER THAN I WAS SUPPOSED TO.
00:33:14I WILL TELL YOU THE FACT THAT
00:33:16KAROLINE LEAVITT DID THIS FOR AS LONG AS SHE DID IS INCREDIBLE.
00:33:20THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME JOIN YOU ALL TODAY.
00:33:25I'M VERY SORRY THAT YOU ARE SWEATING. I'M NOT REALLY SORRY.
00:33:31BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I WANT TO THANK PUBLICLY KAROLINE
00:33:34LEAVITT FOR DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. SHE IS A LOT BETTER THAN ME.
00:33:41THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.
00:33:54♪
00:33:55>> DEMOCRACY IS ALWAYS AN
00:34:00UNFINISHED 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
00:34:20CONSTANTLY GUARDED AND PROTECTED. >> WE ARE STILL AT OUR CORE A DEMOCRACY.
00:34:23>> THIS IS ALSO A MASSIVE VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY AND FOR
00:34:28FREEDOM. ♪
00:34:33>> COMING UP THE UNVEILING OF
00:34:38FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
00:34:39KEVIN MCCARTHY'S OFFICIAL
00:34:43PORTRAIT AND STATUARY HALL OF THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING. CURRENT SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON,
00:34:46FORMER DEMOCRATIC PETER STENY HOYER, AND OTHERS WILL ALSO BE
00:34:48GIVING REMARKS ON THE TENURE OF THE 55TH SPEAKER OF THE U.S. HOUSE.
00:34:52YOU CAN WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF THAT JUST AHEAD HERE ON C-SPAN3.
00:34:56ALSO AVAILABLE ON C-SPAN NOW, AND ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG.