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US Attorney General declines to pledge DOJ independence from White House

Published 16 August 2026

Newly confirmed US Attorney General Todd Blanche declined on Sunday to guarantee that the Department of Justice will always act independently of the White House, declaring that no attorney general should ever make such a pledge.

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