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    Senate has advanced Todd Blanche’s AG nomination. We’ve investigated these claims about him

    NCIJ NETWNCIJ NETWORKBy NCIJ NETWNCIJ NETWORKAugust 7, 2026 Fact Check No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Barrett, Devlin. “Documents Blanche Released to Ease Path to Confirmation Leave Loopholes.” The New York Times, 3 Aug. 2026, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/us/politics/todd-blanche-trump-irs-fund-loopholes.html.

    Deng, Rae. “Posts Claim Trump Appointed Ghislaine Maxwell’s Former Defense Attorney as Acting AG. Here’s the Real Story.” Snopes, 1 May 2026, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/trump-ghislaine-maxwell-attorney-general/.

    Duehren, Andrew. “Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity.” The New York Times, 3 Aug. 2026, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/business/trump-irs-todd-blanche.html.

    Esposito, Joey. “Did Acting AG Todd Blanche Say Predators Won’t Be Prosecuted in Epstein Case? There’s No Proof.” Snopes, 28 Apr. 2026, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/blanche-esptein-prosecution-quote/.

    ———. “Trump Said Acting AG Todd Blanche Kept Him ‘out of Jail for Years.'” Snopes, 13 May 2026, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/trump-blanche-jail-quote/.

    ———. “What Acting AG Todd Blanche Said about Bullets after White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting.” Snopes, 28 Apr. 2026, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/todd-blanche-bullets-ballistics/.

    Liles, Jordan. “Acting AG Todd Blanche Compared Voter ID to Being Carded at ‘restaurant or Club.’ Here Are the Facts.” Snopes, 6 May 2026, https://www.snopes.com//news/2026/05/06/todd-blanche-voter-id-restaurant/.

    Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Announces Anti-Weaponization Fund | United States Department of Justice. 18 May 2026, https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-anti-weaponization-fund.

    “Pam Bondi.” Ballotpedia, https://ballotpedia.org/Pam_Bondi. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

    Rice, Andrew. “Inside Todd Blanche’s Plan to Keep Donald Trump Out of Jail.” Intelligencer, 22 Apr. 2024, https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-trial-lawyer-todd-blanche-defense.html.

    Thrush, Glenn, and Michael Gold. “The Vote Paves the Way for Todd Blanche’s Confirmation as Attorney General.” The New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/politics/blanche-confirmation-attorney-general-justice-department.html?smid=url-share.

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