Trump's New Attorney General SNAPS During First Press Conference

[0:00] So Pam Bondi is out and we've got a new Attorney General and in just a few days he's making it [0:04] quite clear what his priorities are. I'll give you a little spoiler alert to the rest of this video, [0:08] his priorities do not include helping you. President Trump has made no secret of the [0:12] fact that he wants to see his perceived political enemies prosecuted. So now that you're in this [0:17] position, how are you going to balance that relentless pressure with this administration's [0:22] promise to end the weaponization of this department? Well look, first of all, we have [0:29] thousands of ongoing investigations and prosecutions going on in this country right now. [0:34] And it is true that some of them involve men, women, and entities that the president in the past [0:41] has had issues with and that believe should be investigated. That is his right and indeed it is [0:46] his duty to do that, meaning to lead this country. And so I do not view this as pressure. I do not [0:53] view this as something that is going to keep me up at night except to make sure that we are [0:59] investigating every case that we, that we have to the fullest extent of the law and using all [1:03] the resources we can. And when we talk about, when you talk about weaponization and it's become a word [1:11] that is supposedly a, that when we talk about ending weaponization, as if that's a bad thing for us to [1:16] do. Trump's new attorney general used to be his personal defense lawyer, which is either the most [1:21] corrupt thing you've ever heard or honestly you've been paying attention and you're not that surprised. [1:25] He barely answers the question he was asked. And then more importantly, hands with, [1:28] and what's wrong with the weaponization of this position as Trump's former personal lawyer, [1:32] and now his taxpayer dollar funded personal lawyer. Here's what's wrong with it. [1:36] The justice department has 8,000 ongoing cases right now. And you know, it's not among a single [1:41] one of them is a single prosecution of anyone involved with Jeffrey Epstein. Instead, they're spending [1:47] their time investigating democratic governors or Jerome Powell or anyone else who happened to piss off [1:52] Trump that day. That is their priority. People in this room, okay, people in this room for four [1:59] years, some of you, same people sat here with the last administration when you saw a weaponization of [2:07] this department, the likes of which had never been seen in history. And some of you are looking down now [2:13] and I get it because you had a president who was indicted four times by this department. You had a, [2:20] you had a president who, who along with this department had assistance. So this department [2:27] helped two other local DAs go after the president. You had this department who stood idly by while [2:34] states tried to keep president Trump off the ballot. Okay. That's what happened the past four years. [2:40] And so when you, when I'm asked questions or when I see reporting about shock and awe [2:47] at this supposed weaponization of this department, of this department of justice, [2:51] it means nothing to me because it's completely false. So Blanche is talking about weaponization [2:56] and what he's talking about is the fact that Trump was indicted. But to be clear about how [3:00] that process works, Trump was charged with 34 felony counts in New York alone by a jury of his peers. [3:06] A room full of regular citizens like you or me looked at the evidence and said, yes, this is enough [3:10] to go to trial. And that happened four separate times, four rooms of normal people looking at the evidence. [3:16] But like, honestly, can we just focus on right now and what's happening today? [3:20] Because while Trump and his personal taxpayer funded lawyer are trying to rehash 2023, [3:25] gas prices are skyrocketing, grocery bills are up, people are losing their jobs, [3:29] health care is on the shopping block, the economy is in free fall. And the justice department, [3:33] the one that again, you pay for with your taxes is spending its energy on revenge. [3:37] People say the president wants to go after his political enemies. No, [3:41] the president has said time and time again that he wants justice. And, and if you look at what [3:45] happened to him, his family, his administration, the agents that protected him, um, people that, [3:52] that happened or just walked by him on a given day, they had to, they got subjected to massive [3:57] investigations by, by this department. So, so I, I understand the question and I understand the, [4:03] the, the pretty constant, um, role of the media that somehow this department is weaponizing itself, [4:11] but it happens not to be true. We have tens of thousands of prosecutors all over this country [4:16] putting bad guys in jail. Okay. That's something that wasn't happening like it should have been [4:19] happening for the past four years. So first, Blanche tries to get you to feel bad for Trump. [4:23] Can you imagine what he went through? I mean, no, I can't imagine because I haven't been found guilty [4:29] of 34 felony counts by a jury of my peers. I can't imagine having a hush money scheme or plotting to [4:34] overthrow an election because those are things that I just wouldn't do. Second, he pivots straight into tough on [4:41] pages, been part of the Republican playbook for 50 years. But if he is so tough on crime, [4:45] what's happening with the Epstein files? How exactly do we have 3 million pages of files, [4:50] a documented network of co-conspirators, survivors who have been waiting decades [4:55] for accountability and zero people have been charged? How is it that that's possible? [4:58] Why is it that the DOJ quietly removed pages from the public database that related to accusations [5:04] against Trump himself? How exactly is that tough on crime? If Blanche wants to talk tough on crime, [5:09] let's talk about the Epstein files, which Americans have been concerned about all year. [5:13] Yet somehow, mysteriously, that's the one where Blanche and the Justice Department go very, [5:17] very quiet. [5:18] Just to clarify, is the public going to learn the identities of the men who abuse the girls [5:26] with the information that you're releasing? And if not, why not? And then I have a quick follow-up. [5:31] I mean, you just baked in an assumption into your question that I have never said, [5:35] and I don't know to be true. Is the public going to learn about men that abuse these girls? Like, [5:41] what does that mean? I don't understand what that means. [5:43] I mean, it's pretty clear to everyone else listening what that question was asking. [5:47] This is the same guy who just told you that he's putting bad guys in jail and restoring justice to [5:52] this country. Okay. And he understood every other question in that press conference just fine. [5:57] Somehow, this is the one that confuses him. He just didn't want to answer that one, [6:01] because there is no good answer. The Epstein files are out. His network is documented. The survivors [6:06] have been named. And I mean, their identities have been exposed while the abuser's identities [6:10] remain redacted. That's what accountability looks like in Todd Blanche's and Trump's Justice Department. [6:15] I have very little faith. I have similar words to say about how Todd Blanche has handled this whole [6:19] thing. As you stated earlier, it's important to recall that Todd Blanche is the one that basically [6:24] gave convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell a platform to just really deny things, [6:30] say whatever she wanted, speak in praise of herself, speak in praise of Donald Trump [6:34] with zero pushback. I mean, they call that an interview. That was basically just [6:38] serving up a platform for a convicted child sex trafficker. So again, for all the statements we've [6:43] seen, all the appearances from Todd Blanche, again, continue to just be what every person in this [6:48] administration seems to push forward, which is a praise of Donald Trump and his agenda. So again, [6:53] I don't expect him to be much better than Pam Bondi. I mean, this kind of tells you everything you [6:57] need to know about Todd. This is the through line of everything that he says. He loves to talk a big [7:02] game about putting bad guys in jail and getting justice. But then when it comes to actual documented [7:08] convicted perpetrators in the most high profile sex trafficking case in American history, he doesn't [7:13] understand the question. I wasn't part of the original prosecution team, neither was Attorney General [7:17] Bondi. And I can tell you this, there's only one president that's held Mr. Epstein accountable. [7:23] And that's Donald J. Trump. During his first administration, that was the administration [7:28] that prosecuted him. And during this administration, it's the administration that's been totally [7:33] transparent and released all the files. And no matter how much criticism people want to make [7:37] about the Epstein files, that is indisputable. It's undisputable that nobody talked about the Epstein [7:42] files for four years during Biden, four years. And so when President Trump said, let's release the [7:47] Epstein files and the law was passed that allowed us to legally do it, we did it. [7:53] Okay. I'm not sure you totally get what people feel about that, but I want to move on. [8:00] Do you think the investigators covered it up? Given how many victims there are, surely, [8:04] I mean, there should be more prosecutions and more charges than there are. [8:08] Well, look, the Epstein files are available for everybody to see. So it's not, [8:11] so do I think there was a cover up? No, I don't. But it's not just up to me. Everybody that's watching [8:16] this, everybody that the Epstein Transparency Act has now allowed us to release the entire Epstein [8:25] files. There's still three million held back though. Not all of them are public. [8:28] No, they're all public. So in this first clip, Blanche is on Fox, which is the friendliest [8:32] possible turf for him. And he says Donald Trump is the only president who has held Epstein accountable. [8:37] And Jesse Waters, Jesse Waters of all people, looks at him and says, I'm not sure you totally [8:42] get what people feel about that. When you lost Jesse Waters, you have badly miscalculated the room. [8:48] Jeffrey Epstein's accomplices, people who have abused children, are still free, still wealthy, [8:54] still powerful, and still completely unaccountable. That is what people are feeling. And then in the [8:59] second clip where he says there was no cover up, files are available for everyone to see, [9:03] totally ignoring the fact that three million pages are still being withheld. But honestly, [9:08] like what are we supposed to do with the fact that we can see the files? [9:11] We're normal people. We can't subpoena anyone or convene a grand jury or arrest anyone. [9:16] All of that is his job. The entire point of paying for a justice department with, [9:21] I will say it again, your taxes, is because they are the ones with the power to actually [9:26] do something about it. And he's not. What does he focus on instead? Getting revenge on whoever [9:30] Trump happens to be mad at today. In just his first few days, Todd Blanche has proved that [9:35] all he is going to do in this job is be Trump's puppet. He is going to follow orders and protect Trump [9:40] and spend his time going after Trump's perceived enemies. His priority is not you or your family [9:45] or your safety or the survivors who've been waiting decades for somebody in that building to [9:50] give a damn about them. The priority is protecting Trump and rewarding his allies and punishing his [9:54] enemies. That is it. This administration is not thinking about you. They are not losing sleep over [9:59] your grocery bill or your health care or your job. They are not staying late at the office trying [10:03] to figure out how to make your life better. They are laser focused on one thing and one thing only, [10:09] what is good for Trump and for the people around him.