On Sunday morning, Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared on Fox News Sunday Morning Futures opposite host Maria Bartiromo. The Acting AG was there to discuss ongoing investigations into the Russia collusion hoax around the 2016 presidential election, as well as election rigging in the 2020 presidential election. He had some very pointed comments, as well as some reasons as to why these investigations are taking as long as they are.
First, on the Russia hoax:
🚨 JUST IN: AG Todd Blanche confirms it’s ABOUT TO COME OUT as the DOJ probes the deep state coup against President Trump based on the Russia hoax
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 17, 2026
“We're finding out some incredibly troubling things, and at some point at the right time, that will be made public, and the American… pic.twitter.com/vgjOooimAP
The post reads:
JUST IN: AG Todd Blanche confirms it’s ABOUT TO COME OUT as the DOJ probes the deep state coup against President Trump based on the Russia hoax
“We're finding out some incredibly troubling things, and at some point at the right time, that will be made public, and the American people will see exactly what happened to this administration and President Trump over the past decade!”
“The Southern district of Florida has an open criminal investigation. That involves hundreds of subpoenas, it involves hundreds of witnesses, and so, as far as time and one we can expect it, we are working hard and we are working efficiently, but we are going to do it right.”
Here's that conversation:
Todd Blanche: We're finding out some incredibly troubling things, and at some point, at the right time, that will be made public, and the American people will see exactly what happened to this administration and President Trump over the past decade.
Maria Bartiromo: Well, I mean, the country was ripped apart. We all know that. Half the country said he colluded with Russia; the other half said no, it didn’t. It ripped the country apart. But you say, when the time is right. When is the time right? When should we expect these charges of conspiracy?
Todd Blanche: Well, I mean, look, as has been publicly reported, the Southern District of Florida has an open criminal investigation. That involves hundreds of subpoenas. It involves hundreds of witnesses. And so, as far as timing, when we can expect it, we are working hard, and we are working efficiently, but we are going to do it right. We are not gonna rush something that isn’t ready. We’re not gonna reach a conclusion before our investigation is over. But I assure you, the American people, that we are completely focused on it.
Maria Bartiromo: OK, well, again, I don't know... What is not ready? I mean, we've been watching this play out for a long time. And viewers and people watching are frustrated, because it just keeps happening. Weaponization keeps happening because it's not corrected the time before.
Maria Bartiromo makes a good point here. While the GOP didn't have the upper hand for some of that time, hampering efforts at the federal level, we've been waiting for answers on this matter for a decade now. The shouts of "Russia, Russia, Russia" started, it seems, within moments of then-candidate Trump's famous descent on the golden escalator, and now it's been ten years. If this investigation doesn't result in some indictments and trials, then exactly these kinds of tactics will be tried by the Democrats, again and again.
Granted, it's better to do a thing right than it is to do a thing fast, and possibly carelessly. But some indictments in the weeks leading up to the midterms would do the GOP a lot of good; mind you, these decisions, any possible indictments, shouldn't be made for political reasons, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be cognizant of the possibilities.
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In another segment, Acting AG Blanche talked about rigging in the 2020 presidential election:
"There's a ton of evidence that the election was rigged," says @DAGToddBlanche on 2020.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 17, 2026
"We have multiple investigations going on in Arizona, in Fulton County Georgia, and that's exactly what we're looking at." pic.twitter.com/fIW2dceSkT
Here's how that conversation went:
Todd Blanche: Well, there's a ton of evidence that the election was rigged. That's not something the DOJ needs to tell you about. There's been evidence about that for many, many years. What I can tell you is that we have multiple investigations going on in Arizona and in Georgia, in Fulton County, Georgia. And that's exactly what we're looking at. By the way, this is very difficult because they're very good, they're very good at hiding misconduct and hiding what they're doing. And so that's why we're very focused on finding out whether the right people voted, whether they were supposed to vote voted, or if there was one cast per voter. That is what we are doing in multiple states, and I expect...
And again you'll say to me: 'How long has it taken? Why is this taking so long?' The reality of the answer to that is it takes a lot of work to uncover what happened in 2020. A lot of good old-fashioned law enforcement police work, which is what we're doing. And we have great prosecutors working on it as well.
And I expect that, and I assure you, I assure the American people that as soon as we have something to say for it, whether it's charges, whether it's a report or results of an investigation, the American people will learn about what was uncovered.
If there is, this will make Watergate look like a parking ticket. The GOP spent years in the political doghouse after Watergate, and this one, if the DOJ can establish that there was active interference in the conduct of an American presidential election, that could be earth-shattering. Depending on how high the conspiracy goes - and my personal opinion is that it likely goes pretty dang high - this could consign the Democratic Party to the political hinterlands for a decade or more, and they will have had it coming.
We do live in interesting times. Stay tuned. This ain't over; not by a long shot.
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