Todd Blanche says Americans should be 'happy' Trump is deeply involved in DOJ

BREAKING NEWSApr. 14, 2026, 5:06 PM UTCJustice DepartmentJustice DepartmentTodd Blanche says Americans should be 'happy' Trump is deeply involved in DOJThe acting attorney general said in an interview with NBC News that he's not concerned when Trump "encourages or directs or expects the Department of Justice to do its job."Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks to NBC's Laura Jarrett on Tuesday.NBC NewsShareAdd NBC News to GoogleBy Laura Jarrett and Ryan J. ReillyActing Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that Americans should be "happy" President Donald Trump is deeply involved with the Justice Department.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Asked in an interview with NBC News about a communication Trump sent to then-Attorney General Pam Bondi in which he publicly implored her to indict several of his political enemies, Blanche said it was an example of the president being upfront with the American people and making his "high expectations" clear."That type of communication from President Trump should make every American happy," Blanche said. "It means that there's an executive, a chief executive, that is making sure every one of his Cabinet members are working as hard as they should."Blanche became the acting head of the Justice Department this month after Trump fired Bondi, in part, because the president was frustrated that she did not have more success in prosecutions of his political foes, NBC News reported.Blanche on Tuesday promised to prioritize what the Trump administration has called the “weaponization” of the Justice Department by Democrats against Trump, his allies and some right-wing groups. But Blanche is expected to run into the same issues as Bondi; subpoenas for the Federal Reserve and Chairman Jerome Powell were blocked by a federal judge, and cases against New York Attorney General Letitia Jame...