Attorney General Todd Blanche held an an unusual White House press briefing Tuesday.
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The Justice Department has historically maintained a degree of independence from the White House, but the Trump administration has blurred those lines with Blanche saying that President Donald Trump has the right to weigh in on prosecutorial decision-making.
Blanche opened his appearance by touting the Trump administration's efforts to combat violent crime, saying that "crime is the lowest it has been in modern history."
He took questions on a broad array of topics, including Justice Department efforts against voter fraud.
U.S. attorney general says Trump has a right to be frustrated with Supreme Court
Attorney General Todd Blanche said it was proper for Trump to vent about the Supreme Court decision to decline the changes that the president wanted for mail-in-voting.
"He is very frustrated," Blanche said at the White House briefing. "He has every right and, indeed, he should communicate his concerns with the Supreme Court whenever he has them. This isn't the first time that he's done it, and it won't be the last."
Blanche said that the administration would comply with the Supreme Court.
Trump said on social media that the justices ruling against his plans for mail-in-voting were different once on the bench than when he had interviewed them as part of the nominations process.
Blanche said Trump's complaints do not undermine the independence of the Supreme Court.
Blanche says 'grand conspiracy' investigation continues after diGenova's resignation
Attorney General Todd Blanche says the alleged "grand conspiracy" investigation in Florida into Trump's perceived adversaries is continuing even after the resignation of the prosecutor who'd been leading it.
Joe diGenova, an 81-year-old former Justice Department lawyer during the Reagan administration, was brought back to government in April to lead an investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against Trump over the last decade during their various inquiries into the Republican president.
DiGenova resigned last week. He told The New York Post that "If you want indictments where there's no evidence, you have an ethical problem." He made different comments later to The Associated Press.
Speaking at a White House press briefing, Blanche said that diGenova had made different comments to different news organizations. He declined to discuss his conversations with diGenova but pledged that the investigation would proceed.
Blanche says Supreme Court ruling won't impact other efforts to combat voter fraud
He said the Supreme Court's ruling rejecting Trump's efforts to restrict mail ballots in the midterm elections will not impact ongoing investigations into voter fraud.
"The Supreme Court's decision today or yesterday doesn't affect ongoing criminal investigations into illegal voting, no," the attorney general told reporters at a Rose Garden press briefing.
He also said the administration's work to combat fraud will continue.
U.S. attorney general suggests AI fears were surfaced to influence midterms
Blanche indicated that recent reports about rogue AI agents conducting cyberattacks were somehow leaked to hurt Republicans in November's midterm elections.
His statements were unusual as the concerns were raised by the leading AI companies such as Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind that would profit from wider adoption of the technology.
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Blanche noted that "every Democrat senator suddenly races to a microphone to talk about" the AI risks and the need for regulation "after being eerily silent for months and months and months."
Blanche then said the timing was evidence "of this as being nothing but an effort to to influence the midterms."
"I shouldn't have to say that out loud, of course," Blanche said.