2026年4月8日美国东部时间凌晨4:37 / 福克斯新闻网
被问及是否感受到白宫施压调查总统对手时，代理司法部长托德·布兰奇称特朗普有“权利”和“责任”“领导这个国家”
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代理司法部长托德·布兰奇周二表示，总统唐纳德·特朗普有权也有责任影响联邦调查，包括针对那些曾调查过他的总统政治对手的调查。
上周刚被任命为代理司法部长的布兰奇驳斥了司法部正不当针对特朗普对手的说法，并为总统对联邦调查的影响力进行了辩护。
“目前我国有数千起正在进行的调查和起诉。确实，其中一些调查涉及总统过去曾与其存在分歧、认为应当接受调查的个人、女性和实体，”布兰奇在新闻发布会上说道。
“这是他的权利，实际上也是他领导这个国家的责任，因此我不认为这是施压，”他补充道。
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代理司法部长托德·布兰奇周二表示，总统唐纳德·特朗普有权也有责任影响联邦调查。（奇普·索莫德维拉/盖蒂图片社）
此事发生在前司法部长帕姆·邦迪周四被特朗普解雇之后，原因是她未能成功对特朗普的一些政治对手提起诉讼，同时两党都对她处理爱泼斯坦档案的方式感到不满。
司法部已对特朗普的多名对手展开多起调查，包括认定俄罗斯干预2016年美国总统选举以帮助特朗普的美国官员、怂恿美军士兵违抗非法命令的民主党议员、前总统乔·拜登被指未经直接授权使用自动签名机签署官方文件的事件，以及自由派捐赠者和筹款团体。
布兰奇驳斥了特朗普政府正在将司法部武器化的说法，并提及了拜登政府期间针对特朗普的几起调查。
“曾有一位总统与该部门联手，因此该部门协助另外两名地方检察官起诉总统。当各州试图将特朗普总统排除在选票之外时，该部门却袖手旁观，”布兰奇说道，并补充称特朗普政府所谓的“将司法部武器化”“完全是虚假的”。
代理司法部长托德·布兰奇上周被任命为代理司法部长。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ罗尔报）
曾代表特朗普处理其卸任后面临的四起刑事案件中的三起的布兰奇，援引这些案件辩称特朗普“希望为那些他认为不当利用法律体系对付他的人伸张正义”。
邦迪不再担任司法部长——以下是可能接任的候选人
这位代理司法部长拒绝透露自己是否希望被提名出任空缺的司法部长职位。他表示，如果特朗普选择他担任该职位，他将深感荣幸，但即便特朗普选择其他人，他依然会敬爱特朗普。
“至于我是否想要这份工作，我从未主动申请过。我热爱为特朗普总统工作，”布兰奇说道。“这是我一生中最大的荣幸，如果特朗普总统选择让我继续担任代理部长，那是一种荣誉。如果他选择提名我，那也是一种荣誉。如果他选择提名其他人并让我去做其他事情，我会说：‘非常感谢。我爱您，总统先生。’”
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官员的代理任职期限最长可达210天。特朗普尚未暗示将提名永久接任该职位的人选，但他有可能提名布兰奇。据报道，总统还曾与美国环境保护署署长李·泽尔丁讨论过担任该职位的事宜。
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Blanche argues Trump can influence DOJ investigations, including those involving political foes
April 8, 2026 4:37am EDT / Fox News
Acting AG Todd Blanche said it is Trump’s ‘right’ and ‘duty’ to ‘lead this country’ when asked if he felt pressure from the White House to investigate the president’s foes
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump has a “right” and a “duty” to influence federal investigations, including those regarding the president’s political enemies who probed him in the past.
Blanche, who was named acting attorney general last week, dismissed the notion that the Justice Department has been improperly going after Trump’s opponents and defended the president’s influence over federal investigations.
“We have thousands of ongoing investigations and prosecutions going on in this country right now. It is true that some of them involve men, women and entities that the president in the past has had issues with and believes should be investigated,” Blanche said at a press conference.
“That is his right and indeed it is his duty to do that, meaning to lead this country, and so I do not view this as pressure,” he continued.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump has a “right” and a “duty” to influence federal investigations.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
This comes after Trump fired former Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday after she failed to secure successful indictments against some of Trump’s political rivals and amid bipartisan frustrations with her handling of the Epstein files.
The DOJ has opened several investigations into Trump’s opponents, including U.S. officials who found that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to boost Trump, Democratic lawmakers who encouraged U.S. service members to ignore unlawful orders, former President Joe Biden’s alleged use of an autopen to sign official documents without his direct authorization, and liberal donors and fundraising groups.
Blanche shut down the idea that the Trump administration is weaponizing the DOJ, noting a few of the investigations into Trump that took place under the Biden administration.
“You had a president who, along with this department, had assistance, so this department helped two other local DA’s go after the president. You had this department who stood idly by while states tried to keep President Trump off the ballot,” Blanche said, adding that the Trump administration’s “supposed weaponization” of the DOJ is “completely false.”
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was named acting attorney general last week.(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Blanche, who represented Trump in three of the four criminal cases he faced while out of office, cited those cases as he argued that Trump “wants justice” for people he believes improperly weaponized the legal system against him.
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The acting attorney general declined to say whether he wants to be nominated to the vacant attorney general post. He said he would be honored if Trump chose him for the role, but would still love him if he chose someone else.
President Donald Trump fired former Attorney General Pam Bondi last week.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
“As to whether or not I want this job, I did not ask for this job. I love working for President Trump,” Blanche said. “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 asks me to go do something else, I will say, ‘Thank you very much. I love you, sir.’”
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Officials can serve in an acting capacity for up to 210 days. Trump has not signaled a nominee to take the role permanently, but he could nominate Blanche. The president has also reportedly had discussions with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin about taking the job.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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