{"id":5509,"date":"2026-08-16T17:40:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T17:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5509"},"modified":"2026-08-16T17:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T17:40:39","slug":"new-trump-ags-first-interview-goes-off-the-rails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5509","title":{"rendered":"New Trump AG\u2019s First Interview Goes Off the Rails"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Attorney General Todd Blanche defended his absolute deference to Donald Trump during his first interview following his confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5507\">MAGA Ladies Spill on Brutal Reality of Working for Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blanche, who was confirmed on Aug. 8 after taking over from Pam Bondi in an acting capacity in March, appeared on <i>Meet the Press<\/i> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Host Kristen Welker first asked whether he could pledge to operate the Department of Justice independently from the White House\u2019s whims, the idea of which he railed against.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Blanche, 52, stammered as he argued: \u201cWell, there\u2019s a big difference between saying, \u2018We will always do our job and investigate any case\u2019 and \u2018act independently of the White House.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I\u2019m not going to pledge that, and no attorney general should ever pledge that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s former personal attorney then seemed to suggest that he saw \u201cacting independently\u201d as simply saying \u201cno\u201d to Trump, regardless of the duty of the DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president\u2014I mean if I were to pledge that I will be independent of the White House, what that means is that if President Trump says, \u2018I want the Department of Justice to go after every violent criminal in this country,\u2019 which is what he has said, what you\u2019re saying to me is I just say, \u2018No, sir, not going to do it,\u2019\u201d he mocked.<\/p>\n<p>In another question, Welker asked if Blanche would ever follow an illegal order from Trump, with the AG suggesting that the possibility was a smear made up by the left-wing media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president would never ask me to do something illegal. Never has, never will,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the duo locked horns over Trump\u2019s pardoning of violent Jan. 6 rioters, many of whom attacked Capitol and D.C. police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow is that consistent with your pledge to always protect law enforcement?\u201d Welker asked.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5505\">Trump Left Abandoned by His Elite Legal Team<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blanche argued: \u201cThere is nothing inconsistent. The president\u2019s pardon powers\u2014any president\u2019s pardon powers\u2014are not limited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery attorney general vows to protect law enforcement, including me. So no, I am not opining or in any way saying what President Trump did is wrong. Absolutely not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Blanche was later asked about Trump\u2019s criticism of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro for her decision to drop a case of alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism.<\/p>\n<p>Questioned about whether he would listen to Trump\u2019s calls to revisit the case against former Olympian David Hearn, Blanche hinted that his ear was always open to his boss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill I take the president of the United States\u2019 view on something into consideration? Yes. Of course. And I hope every attorney general in history would not answer that question differently,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As his face reddened, Blanche derisively continued: \u201cJust let\u2019s play that out. The president of the United States, the elected president of the United States, says something to me and I am supposed to say to you, I would say, \u2018Nope.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, that\u2019s not the way it works. I mean, the president is extraordinarily\u2014every day he wakes up with one mission, which is making this country better. As it relates to me, making this country safer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blanche concluded that he\u2019d be keeping an eye on Trump\u2019s Truth Social rants for his next moves.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cSo if he has a view on that, he talks about it on social media, he talks about it when he speaks to the American people, that\u2019s certainly something that I listen to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5503\">GOP Senator Savages Trump\u2019s \u2018Crazy Stupid\u2019 New Order<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General Todd Blanche defended his absolute deference to Donald Trump during his first interview following his confirmation. Read more MAGA Ladies Spill on Brutal Reality of Working for Trump Blanche, who was confirmed on Aug. 8 after taking over from Pam Bondi in an acting capacity in March, appeared on Meet the Press on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Trump AG\u2019s First Interview Goes Off the Rails - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5509\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Trump AG\u2019s First Interview Goes Off the Rails - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Attorney General Todd Blanche defended his absolute deference to Donald Trump during his first interview following his confirmation. 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