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Blanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General
The new head of the Justice Department said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.
By Glenn Thrush
Published Aug. 16, 2026
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Blanche refused to pledge independence from Trump and denied Trump has ever pushed for specific prosecutions — directly contradicted by the article's own reporting that Trump publicly demanded named prosecutions and fired Bondi for stalling. Confirmed 50-49 only after agreeing to scrap the $1.8B "anti-weaponization" fund.
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