Deputy AG Todd Blanche Confronts Media on Don Lemon Arrest and DOJ Achievements

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche blitzed the Sunday shows, bringing the fire on a variety of issues. 

He spoke with CNN's Dana Bash about how they'd released millions of pages from the Epstein files and were still looking into that matter.

.@DAGToddBlanche: "@TheJusticeDept, the @FBI, @DHSgov — we have gone after more sex traffickers, more child pornographers, more men who have done harm to children and young women, than any Administration in history." pic.twitter.com/qdIx9GMMln

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 1, 2026

But beyond that, he said, "We have gone after more sex traffickers, more child pornographers, more men who have done harm to children and young women, than any Administration in history."

Bash looks blank. If a Biden administration person had just told her that, she'd probably be cheering them on. 

Meanwhile, it was the Biden team that didn't give a darn about people being trafficked because of their failed border policies. 

We've reported how the Trump team has tracked down 145,000 of the kids who went "missing" under the Biden team. Here's an HHS whistleblower explaining what a huge difference this administration has made in stopping the trafficking that was going on. 

🚨 IT’S OFFICIAL: 145,000 THOUSAND missing migrant children have been located trafficked in under Biden, per Tom Homan

That’s MASSIVE! Keep finding them 🇺🇸
pic.twitter.com/2SQtIZ9Yzh

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 1, 2026

What have the Democrats been doing? Attacking the administration and encouraging protests against ICE, which has been helping in the effort to get predators. 

“That vehicle right there is honking and impeding our investigations while we’re trying to arrest a child sex offender. That’s who you guys are protecting—INSANE.” pic.twitter.com/0f5mBUImiq

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 18, 2026

READ MORE: Border Czar Homan: 145,000 Unaccompanied Alien Children Rescued From Biden Era Neglect

Boom: ICE Agent Wrecks Anti-ICE Agitators With a Little Reality About Their Actions

Blanche also hit ABC with George Stephanopoulos, who asked about the storming of the Minnesota church and the arrest of former CNN media personality Don Lemon.

.@DAGToddBlanche: "Nobody in this country should feel comfortable storming into a church while it's ongoing and disrupting that church service and thinking that we're just going to stand by and let that happen... It doesn't matter if you happen to be a former CNN journalist." pic.twitter.com/gDxFFBOkHk

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 1, 2026

While an appellate court denied the warrant against Lemon, Blanche noted that one of the judges did believe that there was probable cause (in a concurring opinion), but that, in any event, the grand jury indictment laid out all the facts in issuing an indictment against Lemon and other defendants. You can check that out here.

"Nobody in this country should feel comfortable storming into a church while it's ongoing and disrupting that church service and thinking that we're just going to stand by and let that happen," Blanche said. "It doesn't matter if you happen to be a former CNN journalist," Blanche explained. "You are not allowed to do that." 

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