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Todd Blanche: “I represented Igor Fruman, another guy who was weaponized…”

Featuring: Todd Blanche, Republican | United States Deputy Attorney General | National

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WATCH: Fireside Chat with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche at CPAC 2026 - 03/26/26

Published | Video Starts at 12:18

No, no. But hopefully. No. Yeah, that's right. So I had the opportunity to represent Paul Manafort in New York when the DA weaponized our laws in New York against him. I represented Igor Fruman, another guy who was weaponized coming out of the Mueller investigation. And then I represented some folks that had worked for President Trump. And it was because I was in New York that President Trump trusted me to represent him in that case. (12:18–12:23)

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Asserts that Igor Fruman was targeted as a result of the Mueller investigation.

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