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Acting AG Todd Blanche says Comey indictment looks beyond ‘a single Instagram post’ | Flipboard

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is based on evidence beyond a specific Instagram post. The text also includes headlines regarding presidential branding and criticisms of the Justice Department's current approach.

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Propaganda Score
confidence: 90%
Moderate concerns. Notable use of persuasive or loaded language.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Name Calling / Labeling 80% confidence
Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.

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5 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche tells Meet the Press the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey goes beyond an Instagram post showing seashells arranged to say “86 47,””
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The claim is corroborated by multiple independent sources, including a cross-reference from Flipboard and a web search result from NBC News' 'Meet the Press', both stating that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the indictment of James Comey goes beyond the '86 47' seashell Instagram post.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States deputy attorney general is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice and oversees the day-to-day operation of the department. The deputy attorney…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Attorney_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Todd Wallace Blanche (; born August 6, 1974) is an American attorney and former prosecutor who has served as the acting United States attorney general since April 2026. Blanche has also served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Blanche
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and serves as the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government. The attorney general act…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General
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“terminology the Justice Department says threatens the president’s life”
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The claim appears in the cross-reference (Flipboard), but the other web search results provided for this claim are completely irrelevant (discussing Samuel Sewall and missing persons), providing no corroboration or contradiction.
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web search NEUTRAL — Samuel Sewall: The Puritan Judge Who Hated Christmas Next Thread Please make a selection first « Prev 1 Next »
https://whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/10525/
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web search NEUTRAL — Graveyardbride Administrator Posts: 9,623 5th Update: Mother Calls Missing Son 'The Next Ted Bundy' Nov 18, 2021 0:36:26 GMT -5 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Pos…
https://whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/12893/update-mother…
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web search NEUTRAL — Graveyardbride Administrator Posts: 8,555 The Strange Disappearance of Flight 19 Dec 5, 2015 20:25:12 GMT -5 Sam, pat, and 2 more like this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBac…
https://whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/4725/strange-disapp…
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“Todd Blanche said investigators collected evidence for 11 months before returning an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey.”
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The provided web search results for this claim are entirely irrelevant, discussing Frank H. Knight and predictive practices in credit, with no mention of Todd Blanche, James Comey, or an 11-month investigation.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 7, 2019 · Corporations gather massive amounts of personal data to predict how individuals will behave so that they can profitably price goods and allocate resources. This article investigates the …
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0003122419884917
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web search NEUTRAL — In this article I assess the legacy of Frank H. Knight’s Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit for debates about reconceptualising financial governance and fostering financial stability.
https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/152671/7/WRAP-legacy-Fr…
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web search NEUTRAL — In this article I explore how Knight's Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit complicates the accounts of uncertainty currently prevalent in discussions of financial governance.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-instituti…
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“The Trump administration has made an aggressive push to add the president's name to buildings, battleships, money and government websites.”
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Multiple sources confirm this. One web search result explicitly states the Trump administration made an aggressive push to add the president's name to buildings, battleships, money, and websites, and another confirms his signature will appear on banknotes.
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web search NEUTRAL — Licensing the Trump name. See also: List of things named after Donald Trump.Further information: 2020 United States presidential election, Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign, and Attempts to over…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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web search NEUTRAL — The Trump administration has made an aggressive push to add the president's name to buildings, battleships, money and government websites.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/federal-govern…
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump is set to become the first sitting US president to have his signature on US banknotes, the treasury department has announced. Trump's signature will appear alongside Treasury Secretary Sc…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz0el909yp3o
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“U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, cautioned his party not to nominate Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for U.S. Senate.”
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While the evidence confirms Michael McCaul is a U.S. Representative from Texas, none of the provided search results mention him cautioning his party against nominating Ken Paxton for the U.S. Senate.
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web search NEUTRAL — Representative Michael McCaul called on congressional Republicans from Texas to an “emergency” meeting on Monday night.Credit...Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times. Trying to push through new maps wou…
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/us/politics/trump-texas-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — Congressman Michael McCaul, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs...
https://www.congress.gov/member/michael-mccaul/M001157
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael Thomas McCaul Sr. (born January 14, 1962) is an American politician, attorney, and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas's 10th congressional district since 2005.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McCaul

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