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Todd Blanche: “If it's a federal crime, if it's something that involves a…”

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

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Extended interview: Acting AG Todd Blanche on Epstein files, Trump involvement in DOJ

Published | Video Starts at 06:44

Well, not every sexual misconduct claim is a federal crime. Right. So the federal, the federal government, we have a limited number of crimes that we investigate. They have to be federal crimes. And so If it's a federal crime, if it's something that involves a federal statute, of course we should be investigating allegations of sexual misconduct. That's one of our most fundamental and important missions in law enforcement generally, and that includes the Department of Justice. So, yes, I mean, and look, you already saw that. (06:44–06:52)

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Asserts that the DOJ should investigate sexual misconduct allegations if they involve federal statutes.

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