{"id":139343,"date":"2026-08-16T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/16\/blanche-says-hes-not-trumps-personal-servant-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T16:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:54:00","slug":"blanche-says-hes-not-trumps-personal-servant-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/16\/blanche-says-hes-not-trumps-personal-servant-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"Blanche says he&#8217;s not Trump&#8217;s personal servant &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxPaFpWMks0WlhZRkZjUGJrWS1aQlRKY1NELUVZNTN3bXF2UHRkMkZYQWJCUEFEYk1hMGdDdkhjdXNVa2JoMVpQb21rckV1S21NWkt6ZXBsVTk3dXhvdmxDUlcyTzBuZkZrUnAzcGE4RksxRDRZMU9SU0x6YmNSU2doQw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Blanche says he&#8217;s not Trump&#8217;s personal servant<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiY0FVX3lxTFBUdDlPbDYxWTJkTmhPYVBZbXNjNVZQa1J0MHhYcXZ0VkxnM0ZTTDRsVlZqUU9TMkJvSE9tOWF5T2M3TWtZNG15RE5pVnU2OTlOTS1qeVVGNWNPQV9UdklOUVZ2TQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Administration Live Updates: Blanche Refuses to Pledge Justice Dept. Independence<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxQaldoOG1fYWYyOW1GNXM2OVRUVXZqdGwzX3RCRTJwejlxbFNTYTBVenN0VnNBMzBRcDU0SVpjQXhtTEtmV01DOG9yU09kbkZsMEhXbGVhSVZNU2IxaXhmRlhqc3piZmpMMkwwWTlDRVJYMkxOM2NEQmdZTTAwNkYwRHN5VXU1VUdCSGVGWnBDM1pxcXhONTU2MDUzVF9zcGJMdzNLV1BSZ0hPR0lfTTFhQV80b2lvSVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Blanche on whether DOJ will be independent: \u2018I\u2019m not going to pledge that\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNM290VmQ2ZGNXUHFjWF93dW9VaWItcEhLbUFOZGJDS2M1V3dOUE5lSzVBLVBNZEhrUGxXSERDemZMTkxzQUxHRzA3WDdJWTd1M3BGRHRmTTYwSFVFVE5oUW9PZUo2SVB2T2NUQnJheVZnd1pHTkVMVHpIeEdxXzdjYy10cTJ4S09QODBvOGJBakU0X1pNdVExTUZMaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Todd Blanche declines to pledge independence from White House<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxOdTMyNjhDRWc3Uldkeko4YjhLbXMtbzVBYjRhWXB6WmduMl9xaElEd19aRU1ORUVKV1FzdTh2eXdwSzhmYjc3SE1nY1VtWUJ1MDBjRmFKb1pTU21yVm1XNTVCOEtUX0tYaUdibXpaUTJpTGxYSDAteVR3S0pldld2VWszMFNrYjJ4OGMxbFNPQ21TdHdWSVNDdU1BWUdFQ2c5MFlTZ0dGSkt1Zlpld0ZYZFFXaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Attorney General Todd Blanche says it wouldn\u2019t be the best course for the FBI to take over Nancy Guthrie investigation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blanche says he&#8217;s not Trump&#8217;s personal servant&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Trump Administration Live Updates: Blanche Refuses to Pledge Justice Dept. Independence&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times Blanche on whether DOJ&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/16\/blanche-says-hes-not-trumps-personal-servant-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}