On Thursday, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he would vote against the confirmation of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, adding to the list of lawmakers who have criticized President Trump’s potential nomination. “I would not vote for him,” Fetterman told lawmakers outside of the Capitol. The Pennsylvania senator pointed to Blanche’s efforts to create an…
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RINO Thom Tillis has threatened to torpedo the nomination of Todd Blanche as U.S. The post RINO Sen. Thom Tillis Threatens to Sink Todd Blanche AG Nomination Unless He Condemns J6 Protesters (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
The Epstein files and Pam Bondi's testimony released on Thursday could come back to haunt Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as he approaches his Senate confirmation hearing process, a legal expert said.During a live broadcast with CNN anchor Jake Tapper, CNN legal analyst Elie Honig noted that Bondi, who served as the former attorney general until she was fired by President Donald Trump in April, told lawmakers that Blanche was overseeing the release of the Epstein files and could come under further scrutiny because of her comments."It has to be a big problem for Todd Blanche, Jake, because there's nothing good in this whole mess of the Epstein files, legally or politically," Honig said. "And if you look at today's transcript, Pam Bondi truly does Todd Blanche no favors," Honig explained. "And I don't think she's trying to hurt him."He argued that Bondi was making an effort during the closed-door testimony with the House Oversight Committee to "praise Todd Blanche's skill and ethics and his handling of this whole process." "But the bottom line is it's disastrous," Honig added. "Todd Blanche was in charge. Pam Bondi makes that clear: the process that resulted in the release of victims' names, the process that resulted in the improper redaction of wrongdoers' names, and a process that was chaotic, overdue, and satisfied no one. And there's no way for Blanche to get out of that. It's actually surprising when you read the transcript how little Bondi knew about what was going on. This seems like it was a complete delegation, and you can bet this will come up in a big way when Todd Blanche goes in front of the Senate for his confirmation hearings."
Federal prosecutors said that four suspects turned themselves in after an investigation into a $30 million Medicaid fraud scheme.Two Ohio state employees and two co-conspirators were indicted in the scheme that fraudulently billed the federal government for children's behavioral health services, according to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.'These initial suspensions mark a critical step forward in ensuring accountability and deterring abuse within the Medicaid system.'Two of the defendants falsely claimed to provide the medical services through behavioral health organizations that they owned and operated, according to Blanche.The four suspects were hit with 32 counts in the indictment.The fake services provided included behavioral therapy and psychotherapy for young people who attended summer camps, church groups, and recreational programs. They allegedly diagnosed the kids with a behavioral adjustment disorder, but no tests were performed, and the children received no actual care.Among the 14 luxury vehicles seized in the investigation were a Maserati, six Mercedes Benz, a Jaguar, a Bentley, and a McLaren.Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel added that $600,000 was seized through seven bank accounts.The investigation was a part of the administration's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, led by Vice President JD Vance."It is disgusting that fraudsters were allowed to deprive essential developmental services from American children in need," a spokesperson for Vance said to CBS News."Countless lives could have been made better by the millions of tax dollars stolen, but instead they were used to purchase luxury cars," the spokesperson added. "This is another example of the type of fraud the vice president's task force is putting a stop to."RELATED: Newsom lashes out at report of MASSIVE fraud in California Also on Thursday, Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's administration announced the suspension of Medicaid payments to 49 businesses providing home health care that were flagged for waste, fraud, or abuse. "These initial suspensions mark a critical step forward in ensuring accountability and deterring abuse within the Medicaid system," said the Ohio Department of Medicaid Director Scott Partika. "We will continue using advanced analytics and enforceable action to protect Ohioans and preserve program integrity."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Federal authorities have busted what they say is a $30 million fraud conspiracy involving billing for children's behavioral health services that were never provided, officials announced.
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi created a headache for Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that he may not be able to run and hide from, according to one legal analyst. Last week, Bondi told House lawmakers that Blanche was the one in control of how the Jeffrey Epstein files were being released, according to newly released transcripts. Elie Honig, CNN's senior legal analyst, said on "Anderson Cooper 360" that the statement could prove problematic for Blanche as he seeks Senate confirmation for the full role of Attorney General. "The timing on that could not possibly have been worse for Todd Blanche to come out today," Honig said. Blanche has close ties to President Donald Trump, serving as his defense attorney in the New York hush money case. He's also shown a willingness to go up to bat for the president, as illustrated by his back-to-back contentious hearings on Capitol Hill this week. CNN reported on Wednesday that Trump is considering promoting Blanche as soon as this week. Honig noted that the Epstein files and other scandals could hinder Blanche's confirmation hearings. "When Todd comes up for his nomination, issue number one is going to be this weaponization fund, and issue two is going to be the Epstein files, and he can't run and hide from it now," Honig said.
President Trump on Thursday told reporters that Joe Biden was "the same guy I had been watching for a long time" when he last met with Biden in 2024, denying that he was having cognitive health issues. Clearly, Biden was out to lunch for four years, but Trump says he was just "never the sharpest guy." This is a departure from Trump's previous antics of imitating Biden on stage at his rallies. The post (VIDEO) Trump Says He Couldn’t See Biden’s Cognitive Decline and That Biden Was “Fine” – “He Was the Same Guy… He Was Never the Sharpest Guy” appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
President Donald Trump's acting Attorney General, Todd Blanche, went to bat for one of the surviving parts of Trump's "settlement" with the IRS in his $10 billion lawsuit, and, in so doing, only cemented how improper it was, former federal prosecutor Harry Litman wrote for his "Talking Feds" Substack.Specifically, Litman said, he defended the provision that excuses Trump and his family from IRS audits going forward.Blanche, under pressure from lawmakers, "declared that 'nothing has changed' in that provision. But he talked out of both sides of his mouth," wrote Litman. To start with, "he characterized the provision as a freestanding 'Attorney General order,' independent of the settlement. In virtually the same breath, however, he defended it as part of 'that settlement.' He told the subcommittee, 'Anytime the IRS settles with an individual taxpayer or another company as part of the settlement, it’s standard, it’s typical…to get rid of past ongoing audits.'"In reality, Litman argued, Blanche's own words here show "that the whole settlement arrangement is collusive and, therefore, not a real case or controversy under the Constitution."The problem, he said, is that in an actual lawsuit, "one party can’t simply declare that the settlement is off. The disavowal would be legally worthless. The other party would be quick to enforce the benefit of its bargain." In the case of the IRS "settlement," Litman said, "there was no bargain — just a benefit — to Trump. They were on the same side of the 'v.,' which is why Blanche could purport to speak for them both."This comes after dozens of retired judges urged the court hearing the original IRS case to reopen it and examine whether it was a fraudulent use of the court system.