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00:00:05THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO BUILD
00:00:11ON. PROTECTING OUR DEMOCRACY.
00:00:17WE ARE GOING TO GET THAT DONE.
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00:00:35SHE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE LEADER.
00:00:46MICHIGANDERS HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL
00:00:49OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THE
00:00:51GOOD WORK CONTINUES.
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00:00:59>> SECRETARY, WHAT IS YOUR
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00:01:04>> A LIVE PICTURE ON YOUR SCREEN
00:01:10OF WEST FRANCE, I WILL. THE HERBERT HOOVER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM.
00:01:15WE ARE WAITING FOR THE START OF THE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY.
00:01:19IT WILL BE THE GRAND REOPENING OF THE LIBRARY. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR
00:01:2318 MONTHS AND IS PART OF A $20
00:01:25MILLION RENOVATION. THIS EVENT SHOULD GET UNDERWAY
00:01:29SHORTLY AND WE WILL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE ON C-SPAN.
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00:02:40>> AS WE WAIT FOR THIS EVENT TO GET UNDERWAY, WHICH SHOULD BE
00:02:45MOMENTARILY, LET'S BRING YOU PART OF THIS MORNING'S WASHINGTON JOURNAL.
00:02:59HOST: WELCOME BACK TO WASHINGTON JOURNAL.
00:03:02WE ARE JOINED BY THE FOUNDER OF
00:03:05OPEN FILE TO TALK ABOUT THE
00:03:09NOMINATION FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR TODD BLANCHE. WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
00:03:14JUST: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. HOST: TALK ABOUT OPEN FILE.
00:03:18GUEST: THIS IS MY NEW SITE, KIND
00:03:23OF A NEWSLETTER. IT MERGES THE WORK I HAVE DONE
00:03:27FOR OTHER PLACES.
00:03:30I WANTED A PLACE THAT IS MY OWN. I LEFT POLITICO A COUPLE MONTHS
00:03:34AGO. THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THOSE INTERESTS.
00:03:39I FOCUS ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, FEDERAL COURT.
00:03:44HOW LEGAL CASES INTERSECT WITH OUR POLITICAL DYNAMICS.
00:03:48THINGS LIKE COLUMNS, INTERVIEWS.
00:03:54ROUNDTABLES, MORE FREQUENT
00:03:56UPDATES ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COURTS.
00:03:59HOST: YOU ARE ALSO AN ATTORNEY.
00:04:03YOU WORKED AT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. TELL US WHAT YOU DID.
00:04:05GUEST: I WORKED AT THE FRAUD
00:04:09SECTION OF THE CRIMINAL DIVISION
00:04:10IN WASHINGTON, D.C. FROM 2016 TO 2020.
00:04:15I SPECIALIZED IN WHITE-COLLAR CRIME AND FINANCIAL FRAUD.
00:04:18I INVESTIGATED WITH THE FBI AND
00:04:21BROUGHT CASES AGAINST
00:04:23INTERNATIONAL FRAUD AND WHITE
00:04:26COLOR FRAUD OCCURRING AT BANKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
00:04:30I SPENT SIX MONTHS INITIALLY TRAINING AT THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S
00:04:33OFFICE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
00:04:35WHERE I HANDLED LOW-LEVEL FELONY AND IMMIGRATION PIECES.
00:04:39HOST: LET'S TALK ABOUT TODD BLANCHE.
00:04:43THE HEADLINE, THE BLANCHE
00:04:46CONFIRMATION DEAL IS A FORCE.
00:04:49GUEST: AFTER PRESSURE FROM
00:04:52REPUBLICAN SENATORS WE SAW OVER THE WEEKEND TODD BLANCHE ISSUE
00:04:56SOME ORDERS.
00:04:57ONE SAYING THE
00:05:02ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND THAT HAD BEEN PROPOSED EARLIER IS NOW DEAD.
00:05:07THE OTHER IMPOSING SOME CONSTRAINTS AROUND IT IMMUNITY
00:05:12DEAL THE GOVERNMENT DID TO
00:05:16TRUMP, HIS FAMILY AND ASSOCIATED BUSINESSES.
00:05:18STEMMING FROM THE LAWSUIT THAT
00:05:21TRUMP FILED AGAINST THE IRS --
00:05:22LET'S SET OUT TO THE SIDE, WE DO
00:05:28NOT HAVE TO GET INTO ALL OF THAT -- IT WAS A CONTROVERSIAL DEAL. WHAT BLANCHE DID WAS ESSENTIALLY
00:05:32SAY THE CONCEPT OF PAYING OUT TO
00:05:35JANUARY 6 DEFENDEDS, THAT IS DEAD, THIS FUND IS OVER.
00:05:39THE FUND IS NOT THE ENTIRE STORY
00:05:44HERE. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RETAINS THE ABILITY TO SETTLE AND MAKE
00:05:49PAYOUTS THROUGH OTHER MECHANISMS.
00:05:52JANUARY 6 DEFENDANTS HAVE FILED
00:05:56CLAIMS UNDER THE LAW OF