Ag Todd Blanche Holds White House Press Briefing
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Jack Smith's Trump probe cost taxpayers over $20 million!
Special counsel Jack Smith's investigation — which now-AG Todd Blanche successfully defended Trump against — ran 2022–2025. DOJ spending disclosures confirmed costs exceeded $20M before all charges were dropped.
Blanche defended Trump in his NY criminal trial before becoming AG!
Blanche led Trump's defense in the 2024 NY hush money trial — the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. Trump was convicted on 34 counts, yet Blanche was nominated as Attorney General months later.
AG Todd Blanche once defended Trump before becoming his AG.
Before leading the DOJ, Blanche was a prominent NYC criminal defense attorney who represented Trump in the 2024 hush money trial. Trump then nominated him AG in Nov. 2024; he was confirmed in Jan. 2025.
The White House press secretary earns $180,000/year.
That salary is set by federal executive pay rules and hasn't kept pace with inflation — in 1970, Press Secretary Ron Ziegler earned ~$42,500, equal to roughly $340,000 today. The unfilled role costs nothing while Cabinet members fill in.
The DOJ's HQ sits just blocks from the White House on Penn. Ave.
The Robert F. Kennedy DOJ Building, opened in 1935, is roughly 0.7 miles from the White House. AGs typically brief press there — holding one at the White House signals direct presidential alignment on an issue.
