2026年4月7日 下午2:57 美东时间 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：霍姆斯·莱布兰德
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发布于2026年4月7日，下午2:57 美东时间
2026年4月7日，美国代理司法部长托德·布兰奇在华盛顿特区司法部的新闻发布会上发言。
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华盛顿特区——
在周二的首场新闻发布会上，代理司法部长托德·布兰奇展现了他对总统唐纳德·特朗普的忠诚，同时拒绝回答有关伊朗局势、司法部长帕姆·邦迪被解雇原因，或是其他针对特朗普政敌的调查等具体问题。
当被问及是否希望获得全职司法部长的提名时，布兰奇表示：“我很乐意为特朗普总统工作，这是我一生中最大的荣幸。”“如果他选择提名其他人，并让我去做其他工作，我会说：‘非常感谢，我爱您，总统先生。’”
当被问及邦迪被解雇的原因以及司法部将如何改革时，布兰奇对此不屑一顾。
“我将以我担任副司法部长以来的方式领导工作，”曾是特朗普辩护律师的布兰奇说道。
“除了特朗普总统之外，没人知道为什么这位司法部长不再担任此职，而我成了代理司法部长，”布兰奇补充道。
2026年4月7日，在司法部大楼举行的代理司法部长托德·布兰奇新闻发布会上，摆放着总统唐纳德·特朗普和前美国司法部长帕姆·邦迪的肖像。
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爱泼斯坦调查传票
除了未能成功对特朗普的个人和政治对手提起诉讼之外，邦迪在处理杰弗里·爱泼斯坦调查事件中犯下的严重且自作自受的失误，也损害了她的声誉。
当被问及邦迪因处理爱泼斯坦调查不当而收到的众议院监督委员会未执行传票时，布兰奇表示，他会将此事“交由（詹姆斯）科默主席和其他人处理”。
布兰奇称，他不清楚司法部是否会以主张特权为由阻止该传票。
“我不会做出任何承诺，”他说。“我只是说我不知道。”
支持白宫和五角大楼在伊朗问题上的立场
布兰奇此次新闻发布会原本旨在聚焦美国国内的欺诈调查和起诉工作，但他拒绝回答有关司法部对先发制人军事行动立场的问题——此前特朗普周二晚间曾扬言，如果无法达成协议，将在伊朗“彻底消灭一个文明”，外界担忧他此举可能犯下战争罪。
这位司法部临时负责人表示，司法部支持白宫和国防部，并“为他们提供法律咨询，而且我们一直在这么做，正如你们预料的那样”。
CNN还向布兰奇追问，在特朗普威胁要监禁一名未具名记者，以追查周五有关驻伊朗美军战机失踪的首批报道的泄密者之后，司法部是否采取了任何调查步骤。
两名美军飞行员的战机在伊朗被击落之后失踪，随后两人均已获救。
布兰奇起初表示不会对正在进行的调查置评，但他补充道，“我们将始终调查涉及机密信息的泄密事件，尤其是那些将美国士兵置于危险之中的泄密行为。”
“如果这意味着要向记者发出传票，我们也会进行调查，”布兰奇说。“这正是我们应该做的，也正是我们将要做的。”
CNN记者德文·科尔对本文亦有贡献。
Acting AG says ‘Nobody has any idea why’ Pam Bondi was fired except for Trump
2026-04-07 2:57 PM ET / CNN
By Holmes Lybrand
32 min ago
PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2026, 2:57 PM ET
Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a press conference at the Justice Department in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2026.
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Washington, DC—
During his first news conference Tuesday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche showcased his loyalty to President Donald Trump while declining to answer specific questions about the war with Iran, why Attorney General Pam Bondi was fired or other investigations into the president’s enemies.
“I love working for President Trump. It’s the greatest honor of a lifetime,” Blanche said when asked whether he wanted to be nominated as the full-time attorney general. “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.’”
When asked why Bondi was fired and how the DOJ will change, Blanche was dismissive.
“I’m going to lead the way that I’ve been leading as the deputy attorney general,” said Blanche, a former Trump defense attorney.
“Nobody has any idea why the attorney general is no longer the attorney general and I’m the acting attorney general except for President Trump,” Blanche added.
Portraits of President Donald Trump and former US Attorney General Pam Bondi are seen during a news conference with acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche, at the Department of Justice building on April 07, 2026.
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Epstein investigation subponea
Beyond her failure to successfully bring cases against Trump’s personal and political enemies, Bondi’s standing was harmed her drastic and self-inflicted stumbles in handling the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
When asked about Bondi’s outstanding House Oversight Committee subpoena over the botched handling of the Epstein investigation, Blanche said he would said he would leave the matter “to Chairman (James) Comer and others to figure out.”
Blanche said he didn’t know whether the Justice Department would assert privilege in the matter in an effort to stop the subpoena.
“I’m not committing to anything,” he said. “I’m just saying I don’t know.”
Backs the White House and Pentagon on Iran
Blanche, in a news conference meant to focus on efforts to investigate and prosecute fraud in the US, decline to answer a question on the Justice Department’s position on preemptivearguments that Trump might be committing war crimes if he follows through with, as he said Tuesday, killing “a whole civilization” Tuesday night in Iran, barring a deal.
The interim DOJ head said the Justice Department supports the White House and Department of Defense and provides “counsel to them, and we have been doing that, as you would expect.”
CNN also pressed Blanche on what, if any, investigative steps have been taken after Trump threatened to jail an unspecified reporter as part of a hunt for the “leaker” behind initial reports Friday of the missing Air Force officers in Iran.
Two officers went missing after their US fighter jet was downed in Iran. Both have since been rescued.
While first saying he wouldn’t comment on ongoing investigations, Blanche noted that “we will always investigate” leaks involving classified information, especially those that put US soldiers at risk.
“And we will investigate if it means sending a subpoena to the reporter,” Blanche said. “That’s exactly what we should do, and that’s exactly what we will be doing.”
CNN’s Devan Cole contributed to this report.
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