Todd Blanche on Donald Trump

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Todd Blanche

As posted by @CNNSOTU on X

Compared on: what Donald Trump has said on the record.

THE CLAIM · NOV 8, 2026

“President Trump said, quote, I am ordering the Department of Justice to look into this criminal act, end quote”

Todd Blanche, as posted by @CNNSOTU · Read the post

THE RECORD · NOV 9, 2026

The post's own video plays these words at 0:00: “President Trump said, quote, I am ordering the Department of Justice to look into this criminal act, end quote.”

The video in the post · Watch

The clip names no speaker on screen. The recording it was cut from was located (Blanche: Dems should be ‘very worried’ after Trump ordered DOJ probe, CNN), but who is speaking there was not confirmed. Checked as of Nov 9, 2026.

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