Trump’s Acting Doj Chief Todd Blanche Refutes Obama’s Concerns About His Targeting Of President’s Critics: ‘simply False’

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche has refuted erstwhile President Barack Obama’s concerns that his Justice Department is targeting President Donald Trump’s critics.

"The White House shouldn't beryllium capable to nonstop nan lawyer wide to spell astir prosecuting whoever nan president wants to prosecute," Obama told Stephen Colbert, big of CBS’ The Late Show, successful an question and reply that aired Tuesday night.

During Trump’s 2nd term, nan Justice Department has gone aft respective of nan president’s perceived governmental enemies, astir precocious pinch nan fresh indictment of erstwhile FBI Director James Comey.

Blanche, Trump’s erstwhile individual lawyer, told CBS News Wednesday allegations that nan Justice Department is seeking retribution pinch its actions are “simply false.”

"Article Two [of nan U.S. Constitution] says, 'the executive powerfulness shall beryllium vested successful nan President of nan United States of America.' It does not opportunity that nan Attorney General stands disconnected to nan side," Blanche said successful consequence to Obama’s thinly cloaked attack.

"To nan grade that President Trump calls maine and says that he thinks that we person a problem successful this country, whether it's nan scourge of drugs, forbidden immigration, each American wants him to do that, and he should,” Blanche added.

The Justice Department announced precocious past period that a national expansive assemblage successful North Carolina had indicted Comey for allegedly making threats to harm Trump.

At nan halfway of nan indictment is simply a photograph nan erstwhile FBI main posted connected societal media successful May 2025 of seashells connected nan formation that publication retired “86 47.” The first number is simply a slang word for getting free of something, and nan 2nd is simply a presumed reference to Trump, who is presently nan 47th president of nan U.S.

“Well, they’re back. This clip astir a image of seashells connected a North Carolina formation a twelvemonth ago. And this won’t beryllium nan extremity of it,” Comey said successful a video posted to Substack.

“But thing has changed pinch me. I’m still innocent. I’m still not afraid. And I still judge successful nan independent national judiciary, truthful let’s go,” he added.

Blanche insisted successful his CBS News question and reply that Comey’s indictment was led by section prosecutors, saying, "I don't moreover cognize their names.”

Obama, who has been a predominant professional of Trump and vice versa, warned that America “can't flooded nan politicization of our justness system.”

“You can't person a business successful which whoever is successful complaint of nan authorities starts utilizing that to spell aft their governmental enemies aliases reward their friends,” nan Democrat said.