Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche had nothing but good things to say about President Donald Trump despite his ousting of Blanche’s former boss, Pam Bondi, last week.
During a Justice Department anti-fraud press conference to announce the creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division on Wednesday, Blanche said, “I love working for President Trump. It’s the greatest honor of a lifetime, and if President Trump chooses to keep me as acting, that’s an honor. If he chooses to nominate me, that’s an honor. If he chooses to nominate somebody else and I go back to being the (deputy attorney general), that’s an honor. If he chooses to nominate somebody else and asks me to go do something else, I will say, ‘Thank you very much, I love you, sir.’”
Though it has not been confirmed why specifically Bondi was dismissed from her federal position, speculation surrounds her handling of the Epstein files and inability to bring indictments against Trump’s political rivals, per Fox News.
“People say the president wants to go after his political enemies,” he said. “No, the president has said time and time again that he wants justice.”
Blanche said the only person who knows why Bondi was fired is Trump.
“Pam Bondi is a trusted friend of President Trump’s,” he said. “Nobody has any idea why the attorney general is no longer the attorney general and I’m the acting attorney general, except for the president.”
Blanche also shared during the conference that the Justice Department is investigating more than 8,000 fraud cases, combining over $1 trillion in potentially stolen American taxpayer dollars every year.
“We have thousands of ongoing investigations and prosecutions going on in this country right now, and it is true that some of them involve men, women and entities that the president in the past has had issues with and that he believes should be investigated. That is his right, and indeed it is his duty to do that,” he said.
“We will spare no resources,” Blanche added, “to bring strong cases and do justice.”
The National Fraud Enforcement Division within the Justice Department, he said, will work in collaboration with Vice President JD Vance’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
“Because of this administration’s leadership, fraudsters, scammers, tax cheats or anyone who lies to get rich off the generosity of the American people should be on notice,” he said. “Our goal is to prevent this from ever happening again.”