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Todd Blanche: “The FBI did fire some people.”

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 19:36

It's completely false. It's just not true. I mean, anytime there's an administration change, a lot of people leave. And yes, it is true that we did fire some people and The FBI did fire some people. Every agency in the federal government fired people when President Trump was elected in the weeks following January 20th. It is also true that the media has. (19:36–19:39)

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