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00:00:00WITH A BUNCH OF HOLES IN IT.
00:00:01THOSE TWO CRIME CATEGORIES TEND
00:00:08TO BE GOOD BELLWETHERS FOR THE
00:00:10BROADER CRIME TRENDS.
00:00:13BOTH OF THOSE ARE MOVING IN THE
00:00:15RIGHT DIRECTION WHICH TELLS US
00:00:18THAT AT LEAST THE DIRECTION OF THE TREND IS PROBABLY CORRECT
00:00:21EVEN IF YOU HAVE SOME JURISDICTIONS LIKE D.C. THAT HAVE BEEN EMBROILED IN
00:00:26CONTROVERSY.
00:00:29HOST: THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
00:00:34ACCUSED D.C. OF CHANGING THE WAY THEY REPORT THEM.
00:00:39LET'S GET SOME CALLS. GOOD MORNING, RICH.
00:00:43CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
00:00:46I WAS LISTENING TO THE LAST GUEST TALKING ABOUT THIS WAR IN
00:00:49IRAN AND SOME OF THE POINTS HE
00:00:50BROUGHT UP AND PART OF MY ISSUE
00:00:58WAS WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO AVOIDED SERVING HIS COUNTRY IN
00:01:02THE MILITARY.
00:01:07AG BLANCHE: GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:01:10TODAY WE ARE ANNOUNCING ARRESTS
00:01:15AND UNSEALING AN INDICTMENT IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
00:01:17YORK CHARGING 11 INDIVIDUALS
00:01:21ALLEGEDLY OVERSEEING AN EXTENSIVE, DECADES LONG MARRIAGE
00:01:22FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING MORE THAN
00:01:27ONE THOUSAND SHAM MARRIAGES BETWEEN CHINESE NATIONALS AND
00:01:29UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND THEN THE SUBMISSION OF FRAUDULENT
00:01:33APPLICATIONS FOR GREEN CARDS.
00:01:36THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MARRIAGE FRAUD PROSECUTIONS IN
00:01:39UNITED STATES HISTORY.
00:01:42THIS SCHEME WAS NOT A QUICK,
00:01:45FLY-BY-NIGHT OPERATION BUT RATHER REVERES LONG, MULTIMILLION DOLLAR COTTAGE
00:01:49INDUSTRY TO CRIMINALLY ASSIST PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT OR LEGALLY
00:01:52COULD NOT OTHERWISE BECOME
00:01:56CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO
00:01:58FACILITATED THIS SCHEME WERE ALL
00:02:02NATURALIZED CITIZENS ORIGINALLY FROM CHINA AND ONE GREEN CARD HOLDER.
00:02:06UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR
00:02:10PARTNERS AT DHS TO SECURE THE
00:02:13BORDER AND PROTECT AMERICAN COMMUNITIES, SOMETHING THAT WAS
00:02:17IGNORED DURING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION. NOT ONLY ARE WE PROTECTING OUR
00:02:21PHYSICAL BORDERS BUT WE ARE ALSO
00:02:24PREVENTING IMMIGRATION FRAUD SCHEMES THAT ARE JUST ANOTHER
00:02:28WAY TO SKIRT THE IMMIGRATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:02:32AS ALLEGED, SOME OF THE CHARGED
00:02:35DEFENDANTS ACTED AS FACILITATORS WHO ORCHESTRATED THE MARRIAGE
00:02:38FRAUD SCHEME PAIRING FOREIGN NATIONALS SEEKING IMMIGRATION
00:02:42STATUS WITH UNITED STATES
00:02:46CITIZENS WILLING TO PARTICIPATE AND ENGAGE IN A SHAM MARRIAGE.
00:02:50THESE FACILITATORS EMPLOYED
00:02:55ATTORNEYS, TAX PREPARERS, MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS.
00:03:01SOME OTHERS ACTED AS RECRUITERS BY FINDING AND RECRUITING UNITED
00:03:05STATES CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SCHEME AND OTHERS ACTED
00:03:08AS OFFICIANTS, OFFICIATING
00:03:12DOZENS OF THESE ALLEGED FAKE MARRIAGES.
00:03:18THE WAY THIS IS ALLEGEDLY WORKED IS THAT FACILITATORS USED SOCIAL
00:03:23MEDIA AND OTHER WAYS AND CHINESE
00:03:31NATIONALS WOULD PAY THESE
00:03:32FACILITATORS AS MUCH AS $100,000
00:03:35FOR ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING A MARRIAGE THAT ALLOWED THEM TO APPLY FOR A GREEN CARD.
00:03:40THE FACILITATORS PAID WILLING
00:03:42U.S. CITIZENS AS MUCH AS $30,000 TO ENGAGE IN A SHAM MARRIAGE
00:03:46WITH THE FOREIGN NATIONAL. OFTEN AFTER THESE PHONY
00:03:51CEREMONIES, DEFENDANTS WOULD STAGE IMAGES OF FAMILIES AT
00:03:55RESTAURANTS TO CREATE THE APPEARANCE OF A LEGITIMATE WEDDING AND SOME OF THE
00:04:00DEFENDANTS ALSO FIDELITY -- FACILITATED SHAM MARRIAGES
00:04:04OVERSEAS IN CHINA.
00:04:06AFTER THE MARRIAGES TOOK PLACE,
00:04:08THEN MARRIED COUPLES WOULD VISIT A LOCAL OFFICE AFFILIATED WITH
00:04:12THE SCHEME, SIGNED FORMS FOR
00:04:15SUBMISSION TO U.S. CITIZENSHIP
00:04:18AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, LEARN
00:04:20ABOUT THE INTERVIEW PROCESS TO APPLY FOR A GREEN CARD, AND THEN
00:04:24EXECUTE PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENTS
00:04:29WHICH NOT SURPRISINGLY GIVEN THE ALLEGATIONS THAT THESE WERE SHAM
00:04:31MARRIAGES WAIVED THEIR RIGHTS TO
00:04:35SHARE IN THE OTHER'S ESTATE
00:04:39UPON DEATH, CHILD SUPPORT. ONE PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT EVEN
00:04:44PROVIDED EXCEPTING THE NAME OF
00:04:47HUSBAND-AND-WIFE BOTH PARTIES LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND MUST NOT INTERFERE WITH EACH OTHER.
00:04:54THE FACILITATORS OF THE SCHEME WOULD PREPARE AND SUBMIT FRAUDULENT GREEN CARD
00:04:58APPLICATIONS AND WORK WITH THE COUPLES THROUGH THE IMMIGRATION
00:05:01PROCESS, SUBMITTING PHOTOGRAPHS, OPENING JOINT BANK ACCOUNTS,
00:05:05MOBILE PHONE ACCOUNTS ALL TO
00:05:08OBTAIN GREEN CARDS TO ALLOW THEM TO STAY IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:05:12BUT THAT IS ILLEGAL.
00:05:13THESE CHARGES AND THE
00:05:18INDICTMENTS SHOW HOW FAR PEOPLE WILL GO TO CHEAT OUR IMMIGRATION
00:05:21SYSTEM, GAINING AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP AND LEGAL STATUS TO
00:05:24RESIDE IN THIS GREAT NATION IS A
00:05:28SACRED PRIVILEGE AND WE WILL ENSURE IT IS ALWAYS DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW
00:05:32PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES AND NATIONAL SECURITY.
00:05:36THESE SCHEMES HAVE REAL COSTS. THEY ROB OUR COUNTRY OF ITS
00:05:39ABILITY TO KNOW WHO SHOULD BE AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN
00:05:43AMERICA.
00:05:45THIS DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
00:05:48WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS AND I THINK THIS PROSECUTION ON THE
00:05:51HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO IT WITH THE AGENTS AND THE PROSECUTOR SHOW THAT.
00:05:57OUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM AND OUR
00:05:58COUNTRY'S BORDERS ARE AGGRESSIVE AND EXHAUSTIVE.
00:06:02NO MATTER HOW COMPLICATED THE SCAM, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO STOP IT.
00:06:08WE DIRECTED THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND
00:06:10THE CRIMINAL DIVISION TO WORK
00:06:12WITH DHS TO PRIORITIZE THE
00:06:15INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF BIRTH TOURISM SCHEMES.
00:06:19WE HAVE DIRECTED THE CIVIL DIVISION TO PRIORITIZE THE
00:06:23DENATIONALIZATION OF NATURALIZED CITIZENS WHO HAVE OBTAINED CITIZENSHIP THROUGH FRAUD.
00:06:29OUR FANTASTIC LAWYERS HAVE FILED A RECORD NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS,
00:06:32MORE THAN 120 AT THIS POINT,
00:06:35SINCE JANUARY 20, 2025. WE ARE A NATION OF BORDERS AND
00:06:40SOVEREIGNTY. THE GREATNESS OF AMERICA IS ONLY
00:06:43AS STRONG AS OUR WILLINGNESS TO PROTECT IT.
00:06:46I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THE
00:06:47WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO BRING DOWN SOPHISTICATED
00:06:51NETWORKS LIKE THIS, THIS IS
00:06:55INDICATIVE OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING TO KEEP AMERICA SAFE.
00:06:58WE WILL CONTINUE CAN I WANT TO
00:07:03THANK THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FOR THEIR WORK IN THIS
00:07:06CASE, HSI HOME I'VE SECURITY
00:07:10INVESTIGATIONS, AND THE FBI FOR THEIR TIRELESS WORK IN
00:07:13INVESTIGATING THIS CASE AND BRINGING THIS PROSECUTION.
00:07:18I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO
00:07:20OUR NEWLY CONFIRMED UNITED
00:07:24STATES ATTORNEY. THANK YOU.
00:07:28>> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:07:34I'M JAMIE MCDONALD, THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
00:07:38AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL LAID
00:07:40OUT, AND INDICTMENT HAS BEEN
00:07:44UNSEALED CHARGING INDIVIDUALS
00:07:47WITH CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT IMMIGRATION FRAUD.
00:07:51OVER A DECADE, THE DEFENDANTS
00:07:54AND CO-CONSPIRATORS ORCHESTRATED MORE THAN 1000 SHAM MARRIAGES
00:07:57DESIGNED TO FRAUDULENTLY OBTAIN LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENCE
00:08:01STATUS AND GREEN CARDS FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS FROM THE
00:08:04PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. THE DEFENDANTS ALLEGEDLY RAN A FULL FRAUD SCHEME.
00:08:09THE ATTORNEY GENERAL LAID IT OUT FOR YOU, CHARGING FEES AS MUCH
00:08:13AS $100,000 FOR A GREEN CARD.
00:08:16THEY RECRUITED U.S. CITIZENS TO
00:08:18ENGAGE IN SHAM MARRIAGES,
00:08:21WEDDING ATTIRE, PHOTOGRAPHERS, ATTENDEES. THEY PUT TOGETHER GREEN CARD
00:08:25APPLICATIONS WHICH THEY SUBMITTED.
00:08:29THEY MANUFACTURED EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF THESE ALLEGATIONS
00:08:32INCLUDING BY STAGING PHOTOGRAPHS AND OPENING JOINT ACCOUNTS.
00:08:35THEY COACHED COUPLES FOR
00:08:40INTERVIEWS AND ONCE A FOREIGN NATIONAL OBTAINED A GREEN CARD.
00:08:46THE DEFENDANTS PLAY DIFFERENT
00:08:47ROLES IN THIS SCHEME,
00:08:50IDENTIFYING FOREIGN NATIONALS.
00:08:56SOME CONVINCE THEM TO ENTER INTO SHAM MARRIAGES AND SOME FACILITATED THE FRAUDULENT
00:09:01APPLICATION BY LEVERAGING TAX
00:09:07PREPARERS AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS. THROUGH THIS PROCESS THE
00:09:10DEFENDANTS MADE ENORMOUS SUMS OF MONEY FOR THEMSELVES.
00:09:14WE BELIEVE THIS NETWORK TOOK IN
00:09:15TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER ITS DECADE-LONG OPERATION MAKING
00:09:19IT ONE OF THE LARGEST MARRIAGE FRAUD PROSECUTIONS IN U.S. HISTORY.
00:09:24INVESTIGATIONS OF THIS SCALE
00:09:25REQUIRE EXTRAORDINARY TEAMWORK.
00:09:29THE CHARGES UNSEALED TODAY WERE MADE POSSIBLE BY A COORDINATED
00:09:32LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE
00:09:36INVOLVING FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL PARTNERS WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR OFFICE.
00:09:40SOMETIMES YOU ASK OUT OF THIS INVESTIGATION COME TOGETHER?
00:09:43THE WAY THAT THIS CASE DEVELOPED WAS TRULY REMARKABLE.
00:09:49IT BEGAN WITH A SINGLE COMMUNICATION THAT OUR OFFICE
00:09:53UNCOVERED IN AN ENTIRELY UNRELATED CASE.
00:09:56OUR PROSECUTORS IDENTIFIED THAT
00:09:58COMMUNICATION, THEY MOVED
00:10:04QUICKLY, THEY OBTAINED A WARRANT AFTER WARRANT.
00:10:14THEY IDENTIFIED IMMIGRATION FILINGS, FINANCIAL RECORDS,
00:10:17PHOTOGRAPHS AND IDENTIFY THE KEY
00:10:20PARTICIPANTS IN THE SCHEME AND
00:10:23THE MANY, MANY SHAM MARRIAGES.
00:10:27OUR PROSECUTORS BUILT AND THEN
00:10:29CHARGED A CASE AIM TO DISMANTLING THE NETWORK ITSELF,
00:10:33THAT IS WITH THE CASE TODAY DOES. THE WORK WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
00:10:38POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS BUT I DO
00:10:41WANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE THIS
00:10:45CASE TODAY IS AIMED AT DISMANTLING THE NETWORK, OUR
00:10:49INVESTIGATION INTO OTHER ASPECTS OF IT GOING UP AND DOWN THE CHAIN IS CONTINUING.
00:10:53I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZE SOME OF
00:10:57THE PARTNERS WE WORKED WITH FOR THEIR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.
00:11:02THE HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS AND THE HUDSON
00:11:06VALLEY HSI, THE U.S. CITIZENSHIP
00:11:14AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES FRAUD
00:11:15DETECTION AND NATIONAL SECURITY DIRECTORATE.
00:11:22THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY DAS OFFICE.
00:11:25THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA AND HSI IN JACKSONVILLE.
00:11:30ALL DID EXTRAORDINARY WORK ROCK
00:11:38-- EXTRAORDINARY WORK. ESPECIALLY OUR WHITE PLAINS
00:11:43OFFICE WHERE THIS INVESTIGATION
00:11:44IS RUN AND WHERE THE PROSECUTION
00:11:48WILL PROCEED FOR THEIR SPEED, CREATIVITY, JUDGMENT, AND
00:11:52DETERMINATION WHICH WITH A BUILT THE CASE.
00:11:55THE DEFENDANTS WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE WHITE PLAINS COURT HOUSE LATER TODAY.
00:11:59I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK IN PARTICULAR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
00:12:03AND HIS OFFICE FOR HIS SUPPORT IN THIS INVESTIGATION AND THE
00:12:07CONTINUED EFFORTS OF OUR OFFICE.
00:12:12THIS CASE SHOWS WHAT
00:12:13COORDINATION, HARD WORK, A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH THAT THE
00:12:17ATTORNEY GENERAL MENTIONED, AND CREATIVITY OF OUR NATION'S
00:12:20DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WHEN WE WORK
00:12:24TOGETHER. THANK YOU.
00:12:26>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:12:31I'M THE DEPUTY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS. TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT
00:12:35DEMONSTRATES THE STRENGTH AND THE PURPOSE OF HOMELAND TASK FORCE.
00:12:40BRINGING TOGETHER FEDERAL,
00:12:43STATE, LOCAL PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY, INVESTIGATE, AND
00:12:46DISRUPT COMPLEX TRANSNATIONAL
00:12:48CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT
00:12:52EXPLOIT LAWFUL SYSTEMS FOR PROFIT. I WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT
00:12:55OF JUSTICE, THE UNITED STATES
00:12:57ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND OUR
00:13:01FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL
00:13:03PARTNERS WHOSE OUTSTANDING WORK
00:13:06ROCK CLICK CASE TO AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE.
00:13:09WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE RESULT OF A BROAD, COORDINATED
00:13:13INVESTIGATION TO AN ALLEGED
00:13:15NATIONWIDE MARRIAGE FRAUD THE
00:13:21UNSEALED INDICTMENT CHARGES 11
00:13:24INDIVIDUALS WITH FALSE FILINGS AND ALSO FRAUDULENT
00:13:28DOCUMENTATION INTENDED TO UNLAWFULLY OBTAIN GOVERNMENT BENEFITS.
00:13:35THE ALLEGED SCHEME OPERATED FOR MORE THAN A DECADE AND INVOLVED
00:13:37COUNTLESS SHAM MARRIAGES AND GENERATED TENS OF MILLIONS OF
00:13:41DOLLARS.
00:13:44THE INVESTIGATION FOCUSED ON NETWORK THAT ARRANGED SHAM MARRIAGES BETWEEN FOREIGN
00:13:49NATIONALS IN THESE CRIMES WERE NOT ONLY TAKING PLACE IN NEW
00:13:53YORK, THEY REACHED ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES AND OVERSEAS.
00:13:58IT HIGHLIGHTS THE COMPLEX, ORGANIZED FRAUD THAT HSI IS
00:14:03UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO INVESTIGATE.
00:14:10WHEN INDIVIDUALS MANUFACTURE RELATIONSHIPS, FALSIFY SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, STAGE
00:14:14EVIDENCE, AND ATTEMPT TO MISLEAD
00:14:16THE FEDERAL PROCESS, THEY UNDERMINE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR
00:14:20SYSTEMS AND THESE ARE RELIED UPON BY THE PUBLIC AND THE
00:14:24GOVERNMENT ALIKE. FROM THE EARLIEST STAGES OF THIS
00:14:27INVESTIGATION, SPECIAL AGENTS FOLLOWED EVIDENCE ACROSS
00:14:30CRIMINAL, FINANCIAL, AND
00:14:33ADMINISTRATIVE LANES. THE WORK REQUIRED PATIENTS, A
00:14:36REQUIRED PRECISION, AND IT
00:14:39REQUIRED EXTENSIVE COORDINATION.
00:14:43THROUGH THE HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE INVESTIGATORS ARE
00:14:46ABLE TO SEAMLESSLY SHARE CRITICAL INFORMATION, CONNECT
00:14:49LEADS ACROSS JURISDICTIONS AND
00:14:53MOBILIZE OUR COLLECTIVE CAPABILITIES WHEN AND WHERE THEY WERE NEEDED MOST.
00:14:59TOGETHER, HSI IN THE HOMELAND
00:15:00SECURITY TASK FORCE PROVIDED
00:15:04EXPERTISE, FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCES
00:15:07, AND LOCAL KNOWLEDGE TO ADDRESS
00:15:09AN ALLEGED NETWORK THAT REACHED BEYOND ONE JURISDICTION.
00:15:13I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZE
00:15:17THE HUDSON VALLEY OFFICE ALONG
00:15:18WITH THE FBI, ATF, ARMY, AND
00:15:23MANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT ARMS.
00:15:26TODAY'S INDICTMENT REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS.
00:15:31HSI WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SEEK TO
00:15:34PROFIT FROM FRAUD, DECEPTION,
00:15:38AND THE EXPLOITATION OF LAWFUL GOVERNMENT PROCESS.
00:15:41WE WILL DO SO PROFESSIONALLY,
00:15:44METICULOUSLY, AND IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH PROSECUTORS AND
00:15:47LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AT EVERY LEVEL OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
00:15:51I WANT TO THANK THE SPECIAL
00:15:53AGENTS OF HSI, TASK FORCE
00:15:55OFFICERS, ANALYSTS, PROSECUTORS, AND EVERY PARTNER AGENCY THAT CONTRIBUTED.
00:16:01THEIR WORK REFLECTS THE BEST OF
00:16:04COORDINATED LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. THANK YOU.
00:16:11THANKS, EVERYBODY, WE WILL TAKE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
00:16:16>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:16:22AG BLANCHE: NOT AS ALLEGED IN THE INDICTMENT, NO.
00:16:25I THINK AS THE U.S. ATTORNEY MENTIONED, THIS INVESTIGATION AS
00:16:28YOU WOULD EXPECT GIVEN THE
00:16:34NUMBERS WE DESCRIBE TODAY NOT OVER. IF THERE IS MORE TO COME, YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT IT.
00:16:38>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:16:46AG BLANCHE: WELL, NO, I DON'T
00:16:51HAVE AN UPDATE. AS YOU KNOW, WHEN THE DEPARTMENT
00:16:55OF JUSTICE RECEIVES A REFERRAL FROM CONGRESS, THERE IS A
00:16:59PROCESS, THERE'S A PROCESS OF
00:17:01HOW WE TAKE IT IN AND HOW WE
00:17:03INVESTIGATE IT, BUT ANY UPDATE I WOULD EXPECT TO COME FROM THIS
00:17:07DEPARTMENT WOULD BE IF THERE IS ULTIMATELY A DECISION MADE AND
00:17:10THAT CERTAINLY WON'T BE ANYTIME SOON.
00:17:13>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:17:22AG BLANCHE: I DON'T KNOW WHAT
00:17:25YOU MEAN BY THE WHITE HOUSE HAS ASKED US TO DO THAT.
00:17:28I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF
00:17:32COMMENTS IN SOURCE BASED COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THAT CASE.
00:17:38I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:17:48-- A CASE AGAINST THE FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER.
00:17:52CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED AS PART OF
00:17:55THAT INVESTIGATION AND IF WE SHOULD EXPECT MORE CHARGES?
00:17:57AG BLANCHE: SO YES, TODAY MY
00:18:00UNDERSTANDING IS THERE WAS AN ARREST MADE AND THERE IS A NEW
00:18:04INDICTMENT THAT INCLUDES THE
00:18:07FORMER CFO OF SPLC.
00:18:10WE HAVE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, ANYBODY WHO HAS TALKED ABOUT
00:18:14THIS CASE, LIKE VIRTUALLY EVERY
00:18:16CRIMINAL CASE, THE FACT THAT AN
00:18:21INDICTMENT IS RETURNED TO DOES NOT END THE INVESTIGATION, IT IS
00:18:23JUST PART OF THE INVESTIGATION, WHICH IS CERTAINLY TRUE IN THIS
00:18:27CASE. AS ALLEGED IN THE INDICTMENT,
00:18:31THIS INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATED IN THE SCHEME AS ALLEGED SHE WAS
00:18:35PART OF THE EFFORT TO OPEN BANK
00:18:37ACCOUNTS UNDER COMPANY NAMES AND
00:18:40MAKE PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR
00:18:42REASONS THAT WERE NOT ACCURATE AS DESCRIBED.
00:18:50THE INDICTMENT WAS UNSEALED THIS MORNING.
00:18:53THE ARREST WAS THIS MORNING. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY
00:18:56BEYOND THAT EXCEPT THIS IS TO SAY THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WOULD
00:19:00HAPPEN IN A CASE LIKE THIS AS WE SAID, OUR INVESTIGATORS AND THE
00:19:04AGENTS WORKING IN THE CASE WILL KEEP ON WORKING AT EVEN AFTER THE INITIAL INDICTMENT.
00:19:08>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:19:15HE IS EXPLORING FEDERAL OPTIONS AGAINST NEW YORK CITY'S SECOND-HOME TAX.
00:19:19IS THE DOJ EXPLORING LEGAL OPTIONS TO CANCEL -- COUNTER THAT TAX?
00:19:22AG BLANCHE: I DON'T HAVE ANY
00:19:26COMMENT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO EXPLORE LEGAL OPTIONS WITH
00:19:29REGARD TO THAT TAX.
00:19:30I THINK THAT IS A COMBINATION OF
00:19:34THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND OTHER AGENCIES. THE PRESIDENT HAS SPOKEN
00:19:38PUBLICLY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS FILED CIVIL LAWSUITS
00:19:42AGAINST CITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHERE APPROPRIATE. WE HAVEN'T FILED A LAWSUIT YET
00:19:46AND I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON WHAT WE ARE DOING ON THAT. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:19:55THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
00:19:59THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INVESTING A LOT OF RESOURCES IN COMBATING FRAUD ON TAXPAYER
00:20:04PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION TO CASES THAT TARGET
00:20:08BENEFICIARIES AND PROVIDERS WHO FILE FRAUDULENT CLAIMS, CAN WE
00:20:12EXPECT TO SEE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PURSUE STATE
00:20:15OFFICIALS WHO HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THIS FRAUD BUT FAILED TO STOP IT?
00:20:18AG BLANCHE: WE HAVE TALKED
00:20:24EXTENSIVELY AS HAS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE TASK FORCE, WE
00:20:27BELIEVE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE A MASSIVE FRAUD PROBLEM
00:20:30AND A MASSIVE ISSUE OF PEOPLE STEALING TAXPAYER MONEY IS
00:20:34BECAUSE STATE OFFICIALS ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB IN MAKING SURE
00:20:37THAT THERE ARE APPROPRIATE CHECKS IN PLACE TO STOP THE
00:20:41FRAUD. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STATE OFFICIAL NOT DOING THEIR
00:20:46JOB AND COMMITTING A CRIME.
00:20:49SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING
00:20:52ADMINISTERED BY THE STATES THAT
00:20:54WE SEE NO EFFORT TO DO ANYTHING TO POLICE WHO IS RECEIVING THE
00:20:58MONEY, THEN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE OF COURSE WILL INVESTIGATE.
00:21:02THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHETHER WE WILL ULTIMATELY CHARGE AN
00:21:06INDIVIDUAL WITH A CRIME.
00:21:08IF WE LEARN AN INDIVIDUAL HAS
00:21:10COMMITTED A CRIME, WE WILL
00:21:18ABSOLUTELY INDICT AND PROSECUTE THAT PERSON WHICH IS WHAT WE
00:21:20WOULD DO IN ANY CASE BUT AS THE
00:21:23VICE PRESIDENT HAS TALKED ABOUT REPEATEDLY, ONE OF THE WAKE-UP
00:21:26CALLS THAT GOVERNORS AND CITY
00:21:31OFFICIALS WILL TAKE FROM WHAT WE ARE DOING OVER THE PAST SIX OR
00:21:32NINE MONTHS IS TO REALIZE THIS
00:21:36IS TAXPAYER MONEY, THE
00:21:39GENEROSITY OF THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER. THEY NEED TO DO THEIR PART TO
00:21:42MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE THAT
00:21:46PEOPLE APPLYING FOR THESE BENEFITS ARE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE
00:21:50THEM BUT IF WE LEARN THAT THEY ARE NOT ONLY CLOSING THEIR EYES
00:21:53AND LETTING IT HAPPEN BUT
00:21:56AFFIRMING IT IN A CRIMINAL WAY, WE WILL DEFINITELY MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
00:22:01>> IT HAS BEEN A WHILE NOW THAT
00:22:08THE VICE PRESIDENT REFERRED THE TOP DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP OF
00:22:13MINNESOTA TO THE DOJ.
00:22:16HE REFERRED IT, CAN YOU ARE YOU
00:22:21MAKING PROGRESS TOWARD THAT END?
00:22:24AG BLANCHE: WE SPENT A TON OF
00:22:27RESOURCES AND CONTINUE TO SPEND A TON OF RESOURCES IN
00:22:32MINNEAPOLIS AND THAT INCLUDES AN
00:22:35INTENSE LOOK AT LEADERSHIP, BUT THE GOVERNOR KNOWS THAT AND
00:22:38EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT AND THAT SHOULD BE THE CASE.
00:22:41THAT IS WHAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON SHOULD EXPECT US TO DO AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
00:22:45I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE OR
00:22:47COMMENT BEYOND THE FACT THAT THEY ASKED FOR IT.
00:22:53>> FOR YOU OR THE U.S. ATTORNEY,
00:22:57THERE IS A HEARING SCHEDULED
00:23:00FRIDAY AND THE QUESTION IS DOES
00:23:03THIS INDICATE WHETHER THERE
00:23:05MIGHT BE A PLEA IN THE OFFING?
00:23:08IS OR ANYTHING YOU CAN UPDATE US ON THAT ISSUE?
00:23:10>> THERE IS A CONFERENCE
00:23:15SCHEDULED FOR 11:00 A.M. FRIDAY AND THAT IS ALL WE CAN SAY AT
00:23:19THIS TIME.
00:23:23>> WHAT WERE THE COMMON THEMES
00:23:27OF PEOPLE WHO WERE AMERICANS THAT WERE TARGETED IN THIS?
00:23:30IF YOU COULD CLARIFY HOW THIS
00:23:33WAS MAY BE DISCOVERED AND HOW THESE PEOPLE WERE FOUND TO TAKE PART IN THIS?
00:23:36>> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, I'M NOT
00:23:41SURE THERE WAS A COMMON THEME WITH RESPECT TO THE AMERICANS.
00:23:43I THINK THERE WERE COMMON THEMES IN WAYS THEY WERE RECRUITED OR
00:23:46THROUGH VARIOUS NETWORKS.
00:23:52SOME OF THEM WERE RECRUITERS.
00:23:59THEY THEN USED THEIR OWN
00:24:01NETWORKS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
00:24:05IT WAS DONE THROUGH VARIOUS
00:24:07NETWORKS INCLUDING THROUGH
00:24:10SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISEMENTS THAT WERE VEILED WHERE THERE MAY NOT
00:24:14HAVE BEEN APPARENT TO ANOTHER
00:24:15FACE THAT THEY WERE RECRUITING AMERICANS TO PARTICIPATE IN
00:24:19THESE SHAM MARRIAGES BUT THAT COULD LEAD TO THOSE INITIAL
00:24:23DISCUSSIONS TO BE PART OF THE SCHEME.
00:24:30>> ON THE NUMBER OF MARRIAGES,
00:24:34THE 1000 NUMBER, WHAT HAPPENS TO
00:24:37THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CHARGED?
00:24:40IS THERE A PROCESS WHERE THEY WILL HAVE THEIR GREEN CARDS REVOKED?
00:24:46>> IT DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
00:24:52THIS SCHEME STARTED IN 2016, WE JUST BROUGHT IT DOWN.
00:24:58DEPENDING ON WHERE A CRIMINAL,
00:25:01WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS, SOME OF
00:25:05THEM WILL BE EARLIER ON. SOME OF THEM MAY ALREADY BE CITIZENS.
00:25:11DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE,
00:25:13THAT IS PART OF THE
00:25:17INVESTIGATIONS WE ARE DOING NOW. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF MARRIAGES
00:25:20WE ARE LOOKING INTO SO I EXPECT THERE WILL BE MORE WORK WHETHER
00:25:23THAT IS CIVIL, WHETHER YOU ARE
00:25:28PULLING THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS OR DEPORTING THEM OR CRIMINAL
00:25:31DEPENDING ON OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE PROOF THAT WE HAVE, CERTAINLY.
00:25:35THAT IS A BIG EFFORT THAT WE ARE UNDERTAKING NOW.
00:25:40I THINK IT IS HARD TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH EVERY
00:25:43SINGLE SHAM MARRIAGE BECAUSE IT
00:25:46DEPENDS ON THE EVIDENCE AND THE FACTORS.
00:25:48>> THE PRESIDENT HAS NEVER GONE
00:25:51AS FAR TO SAY IS THE ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND IS DEAD.
00:25:54NOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED
00:25:58, THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WOULD
00:26:00LEAVE IT UP TO YOU, IS IT DAD AND AS IT EVER GOING TO COME BACK?
00:26:05AG BLANCHE: I QUIBBLE WITH THAT
00:26:08BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT SAID IN THE CABINET MEETING IT WAS DEAD,
00:26:12HE ALSO SAID HE LIKES IT. AS FOR ME AND I KEEP ON SAYING
00:26:15THIS OVER AND OVER BUT I'M HAPPY TO SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.
00:26:18I'VE TESTIFIED UNDER OATH THAT IT IS DEAD.
00:26:22I'VE TESTIFIED IN THE HOUSEWARE
00:26:24WASN'T UNDER OATH, I'VE ANSWERED
00:26:27QUESTIONS WHERE HE SAID THAT IT WAS DEAD. I HAVE RESCINDED THE ORDER THAT
00:26:31SET UP THE WEAPONIZATION FUND
00:26:35WHICH MEANS THAT IT DOES NOT EXIST. WE HAVE SAID REPEATEDLY THERE
00:26:39WERE NEVER COMMISSIONERS, THERE WAS NEVER ANY MONEY THAT WENT ANYWHERE.
00:26:43I'M NOT SURE HOW I CAN FURTHER
00:26:46SAY THAT THE ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND DOESN'T EXIST OR USE THE
00:26:49WORD DAD, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY IDEAS, WE ALSO HAVE SET UNDER
00:26:54OATH THAT IF CONGRESS WOULD LIKE
00:26:56TO MAKE IT A LAW, THAT WE WOULD
00:27:00SUPPORT THAT, AS WITH THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:27:02SO I'M NOT SURE I GUESS IT IS A
00:27:05SUPERFUND STORY TO NOT LET DIE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO
00:27:09SAY TO SAY THAT THE PRESIDENT
00:27:11FEELS VERY STRONGLY AS TO WHY THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE
00:27:16VICTIMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY
00:27:20WEAPONIZED AND HE FEELS VERY STRONGLY THAT HE WOULD WANT TO
00:27:24MAKE THEM WHOLE, AS TO WHY, BUT IT WILL NOT BE THROUGH THE
00:27:27ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND, WHICH AGAIN WAS NEVER SET UP AND
00:27:31NOTHING HAS HAPPENED WITH THAT, BUT THANKS. SARAH?
00:27:36>> SORRY I'M SHORT.
00:27:40I HAVE AN ON TOPIC AND OFF-TOPIC.
00:27:46ST NY HAS DONE A LOT OF INVESTIGATIONS IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS INTO PEOPLE WHO
00:27:50WERE HARASSED BY CHINA, WHO WERE
00:27:52POLITICAL DISSIDENTS SO I'M
00:27:56CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER ANY OF THESE PEOPLE IN THESE MARRIAGES
00:27:59WERE IN THAT POSITION WHERE THEY
00:28:02WERE TRYING TO GET COVER TO
00:28:04PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM BEING HARASSED BY CHINA.
00:28:07THAT IS MY ON TOPIC QUESTION.
00:28:09>> I THINK IT IS HARD TO LABEL A
00:28:17PARTICULAR MARRIAGE IN THE
00:28:24SOUTHERN AND EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
00:28:26I WILL ADD THAT IF THERE IS A
00:28:30CHINESE NATIONAL WHO FEELS LIKE THEY ARE BEING HARASSED, THEY
00:28:33HAVE OTHER WAYS TO REMEDY THAT BESIDES THROUGH HER SHAM MARRIAGE.
00:28:39JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE BEING HARASSED DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE RIGHT.
00:28:43I DON'T THINK IT IS FAIR TO TRY TO SAY SOME PERCENTAGE OR SOME
00:28:47NUMBER MAY HAVE SEPARATELY CLAIMED THEY WERE HARASSED.
00:28:49>> OFF-TOPIC I WAS CURIOUS IF
00:28:53THERE WERE ANY UPDATES, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING PRIMARIES ACROSS THE
00:28:56COUNTRY AND AS USUAL THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION HAS BEEN SENDING
00:28:59MONITORS TO SOME OF THESE PLACES TO SORT OF KEEP TABS ON THINGS.
00:29:03IN THE PAST, THE HEAD OF THE
00:29:05CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION HAS SAID
00:29:09SOME OF THESE COUNTIES HAVE HAD REGULARITIES. WHAT HAS BEEN THE FEEDBACK SO
00:29:13FAR? HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH PEOPLE IN
00:29:16THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE OBSERVING AND IF
00:29:19YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE RAISED AS THEY HAVE BEEN
00:29:23OBSERVING POLLING PLACES?
00:29:25AG BLANCHE: I DON'T HAVE AN
00:29:29UPDATE, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AS
00:29:32EVERY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DOES , IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
00:29:35APPROPRIATELY MONITORING BETWEEN
00:29:37NOW AND UP THROUGH THE ELECTION AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
00:29:43THERE IS NOT ANYTHING SECRETIVE ABOUT THIS PROCESS, I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE.
00:29:49TO THE EXTENT THAT THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION IS DOING
00:29:52SOMETHING, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO IT IN SECRET, YOU WILL KNOW
00:29:55ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT
00:29:58IT BECAUSE WE ARE DOING IT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ELECTIONS THAT
00:30:01ARE FAIR AND RUN THE RIGHT WAY AND I WILL TAKE ONE MORE QUESTION.
00:30:06>> NEXT WEEK THERE'S A DEADLINE AND THE COMBING CASE. THE DEFENSE HAS SAID THERE IS
00:30:11EVIDENCE THAT WAS GATHERED BY THE GOVERNMENT THAT SUGGESTED
00:30:15THERE WERE ALTERNATIVE REASONS,
00:30:18THE RESTAURANT NARRATIVE OF 86, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU TODAY THAT
00:30:22THAT CASE WILL SURVIVE TO TRIAL AND RESULT IN A CONVICTION?
00:30:24AG BLANCHE: I'M NOT GOING TO
00:30:27COMMENT IN A DEFENSE FILING IN ANY CASE.
00:30:30I DON'T HAVE A COMMENT. THE WAY EVERY CASE WORKS IN THIS
00:30:35COUNTRY IS THAT EVERY INDICTED
00:30:37CASE MEANS A GRAND JURY RETURNS AN INDICTMENT.
00:30:41THE GRAND JURY FOUND PROBABLE CAUSE AND THERE IS A TRIAL.
00:30:47THERE ARE A LOT OF CASES AS A PROSECUTOR THAT I FELT WERE DEFINITELY GOING TO GET
00:30:51CONVICTIONS AND THAT DIDN'T OR
00:30:52IT WAS A TOUGH CONVICTION, CASES THAT WERE TOUGH THE COP
00:30:56CONVICTIONS SO I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO ACT LIKE I HAVE A
00:31:00CRYSTAL BALL AND PREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT CASE AT TRIAL.
00:31:04BUT IT IS ENOUGH TO SAY THAT
00:31:06THIS IS THE CASE THAT WAS RETURNED BY A GRAND JURY.
00:31:10IT IS NOT OUT OF D.C., IT IS OUT OF A DISTRICT IN NORTH CAROLINA
00:31:13AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE AREA THANKS A LOT, EVERYBODY. HAVE A GOOD DAY.
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