Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has publicly rebuked reporters over false reports about the "weaponization" of the Justice Department, stating that the department is not weaponizing itself. This comes after a reporter asked Blanche about balancing "relentless" pressure from President Donald Trump to see his perceived political enemies prosecuted against the administration's stated goal of ending weaponization at the DOJ. Blanche, who was Trump's personal attorney during the legal battles after his first term, refuted such pressure and pointed out investigations into Trump during the Biden administration. He also highlighted the department's assistance to assist local DAs in the case of a president who was indicted four times by this department.