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Exclusive | Todd Blanche tells Post he’s ‘honored’ to be nominated as ‘permanent’ AG, pledges to work across aisle

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 1154 words · By Josh Christenson
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Politics exclusive Todd Blanche tells Post he’s ‘honored’ to be nominated as ‘permanent’ AG, pledges to work across aisle See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Politics exclusive Todd Blanche tells Post he’s ‘honored’ to be nominated as ‘permanent’ AG, pledges to work across aisle See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleCOLUMBUS — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told The Post in an interview Thursday that he’s “honored” to receive the president’s nomination as “permanent” head of the Justice Department, saying he’ll work with both GOP and…

Common ground

Blanche said he’s coordinating closely with FBI Director Kash Patel since the exit of former AG Pam Bondi — including on fraud busts totaling hundreds of millions of dollars — and that cracking down on scoundrels, illegal immigration and violent or…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Causal Oversimplification: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 4 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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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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Causal Oversimplification 80% confidence
Assuming a single cause for a complex issue.
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Slogans 100% confidence
Using a brief, striking phrase to provoke an emotional reaction.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 17 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the recent indictment and pending extradition of ex-Cuban leader Raul Castro for shooting down humanitarian aid workers in 1996.”
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Claim 2: “the acting AG stood alongside Patel and others to announce charges against defendants in Ohio who had allegedly bilked Medicaid programs out of $32 million meant for children with psychological or other behavioral issues.”
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While the evidence provided describes the general functions of the DOJ and Medicaid fraud, there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming a $32 million Ohio Medicaid fraud announcement involving Blanche and Patel.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, Medicare fraud is the claiming of Medicare health care reimbursement to which the claimant is not entitled. There are many different types of Medicare fraud, all of which have th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_fraud
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Edward O'Keefe III (born June 28, 1984) is an American political activist who founded Project Veritas, a far-right activist group that uses deceptively edited videos and information gathering te…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O'Keefe
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States elections are scheduled to be held, in large part, on November 3, 2026. In these midterm elections, scheduled to occur during Republican president Donald Trump's nonconsecutive …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_elections
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Claim 3: “Blanche, and Bondi before him, had emphasized that the DOJ fully released all 3 million Epstein files, with the exception of redactions to protect victims”
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Claim 4: “a $1.776 billion fund created through Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS that could be used to compensate pardoned Jan. 6, 2021, rioters as well as other victims of perceived political prosecutions.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or Wikipedia entries regarding a $1.776 billion fund created via a Trump lawsuit against the IRS for Jan 6 rioters.
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Claim 5: “Letitia James... had secured a $454 million civil judgment against the 45th president for inflating his real estate empire.”
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Claim 6: “Both cases were tossed when a judge ruled that the prosecutor installed by Bondi to bring the indictments had been unlawfully appointed.”
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Claim 7: “There are also cases... into government employees accused of destroying federal records relevant to the origins of COVID-19”
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Claim 8: “Now, Comey faces charges in North Carolina for allegedly making threats to kill Trump in a May 2025 Instagram post”
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Wikipedia and multiple news reports confirm that James Comey was indicted in April 2026 in North Carolina for an Instagram post allegedly threatening Donald Trump.
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web search NEUTRAL — Comey was indicted again and surrendered in April 2026 over an Instagram post he briefly made which allegedly made a veiled call for Trump's assassination.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Comey
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 28, 2026 ... If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. W. Ellis Boyle, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, made ...
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-fo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 28, 2026 ... BREAKING: A federal grand jury has indicted former FBI Director James Comey over a controversial Instagram post from last year that President ...
https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/posts/breaking-a-federal-gr…
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Claim 9: “Trump fired Bondi on April 2”
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Multiple independent sources (CNBC, The Conversation) explicitly state that Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, who had come under fire for her handling of the Epstein episode, on April 2.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/28/jeffrey-epstein-doj-gao-cong…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, only 14 months after she was sworn into office, making her time in the role the shortest in 60 years.
https://theconversation.com/what-a-us-attorney-general-actua…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — After President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, news reports suggested that she fell from grace, not for being too independent, but for not being effective enough at de…
https://theconversation.com/pam-bondis-extreme-political-loy…
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Claim 10: “Blanche’s brief tenure as acting leader of the DOJ has also been marked by high-profile indictments of Trump foes like former FBI Director James Comey, who had first been charged in September under Bondi for lying to Congress before the case was dismissed on procedural grounds.”
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Wikipedia and web search results confirm James Comey was indicted in September 2025 for lying to Congress and that a judge later questioned the validity of that indictment.
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web search NEUTRAL — On September 25, 2025, James Comey, a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was indicted by a federal grand jury in Virginia on two ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_of_James_Comey
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 28, 2026 ... It's important to find out what that Grand Jury was told about the facts AND the law. Grand Jury proceedings are generally protected from ...
https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/posts/breaking-a-federal-gr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 19, 2025 ... A U.S. judge on Wednesday repeatedly questioned the validity of the grand jury indictment of former FBI Director James Comey secured by a ...
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-weigh-trum…
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Claim 11: “Trump intends to formally nominate his next AG soon, but broke the news Wednesday at an event in the Rose Garden — with Blanche, his former defense attorney, in attendance.”
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NPR and NBC News both report that Trump announced the nomination of Todd Blanche on Wednesday (June 4, 2026).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colin Michael McDonald (born February 13, 1988) is an American attorney and prosecutor who has served as the United States assistant attorney general for the national fraud enforcement division since …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_McDonald_(attorney)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Todd Wallace Blanche (; born August 6, 1974) is an American attorney and former prosecutor who serves as the acting United States attorney general since April 2026. Blanche has also served as the Unit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Blanche
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — President Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of the Treasury was a lawsuit brought against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by President Donald Trump in January …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._Internal_Revenue_Serv…
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Claim 12: “Blanche said he’s coordinating closely with FBI Director Kash Patel since the exit of former AG Pam Bondi”
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Numerous independent news sources (Nypost, NBC, KRDO, CNBC, Al Jazeera) and Wikipedia confirm that Kash Patel is the FBI Director.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexis Wilkins (born November 3, 1998) is an American country singer and actress. Since 2023, she has dated Kash Patel, a Trump administration official, 18 years her senior, who became FBI Director in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Wilkins
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a United States federal law enforcement agency, and is responsible for its day-to-day oper…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_the_Federal_Bureau…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kashyap Pramod "Kash" Patel (born February 25, 1980) is an American lawyer serving since 2025 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Patel also served as acting director of the Bureau…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kash_Patel
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Claim 13: “Blanche worked in his early years as a prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, initially as a paralegal while attending law school by night and then as an assistant US attorney, rising to become the co-chief of the office’s violent crimes division”
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Wikipedia and official DOJ/Federalist Society profiles confirm Blanche's history as a paralegal and AUSA in the Southern District of New York and his role in the violent crimes division.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colin Michael McDonald (born February 13, 1988) is an American attorney and prosecutor who has served as the United States assistant attorney general for the national fraud enforcement division since …
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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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Todd Wallace Blanche (; born August 6, 1974) is an American attorney and former prosecutor who serves as the acting United States attorney general since April 2026. Blanche has also served as the Unit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Blanche
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Claim 14: “Within four days, Comey was indicted for making false statements to Congress about FBI-authorized leaks to the media on alleged Trump-Russia collusion in the 2016 presidential campaign, and James was indicted for mortgage fraud in October.”
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Claim 15: “a rapidly growing scandal involving a former CIA officer who allegedly stole tens of millions of dollars in gold bars and currency.”
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Claim 16: “Todd Blanche tells Post he’s ‘honored’ to be nominated as ‘permanent’ AG”
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Multiple independent sources, including BBC News and web search results, confirm that President Trump announced his intention to nominate Acting AG Todd Blanche to the permanent role in June 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Blanche is the surname of: August Blanche (1811–1868), Swedish journalist, novelist and socialist politician Bartolomé Blanche (1879–1970), Chilean brigadier general, briefly provisional president of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_(surname)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colin Michael McDonald (born February 13, 1988) is an American attorney and prosecutor who has served as the United States assistant attorney general for the national fraud enforcement division since …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Todd Wallace Blanche (; born August 6, 1974) is an American attorney and former prosecutor who serves as the acting United States attorney general since April 2026. Blanche has also served as the Unit…
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Claim 17: “Blanche and Patel announced charges on April 21 against the Southern Poverty Law Center for allegedly fleecing donors to pay neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members through sham entities”
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Multiple web search results from April 21, 2026, confirm that the DOJ charged the Southern Poverty Law Center for allegedly using donor funds to pay neo-Nazis and KKK members.
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 21, 2026 ... ... Klan, or who had infiltrated violent extremist groups at the SPLC's direction. ... National Socialist Party of America (American Nazi Party) ...
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-charges-so…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 21, 2026 ... ... with various violent extremist groups including the Ku Klux Klan and National Socialist Party of America (American Nazi Party). A Grand Jury ...
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdal/pr/federal-grand-jury-char…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 21, 2026 ... ... Klan and the National Socialist Party of America. The law center ... Another informant affiliated with a neo-Nazi group was paid more ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/southern-pove…
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