# Blanche pledges to make Justice Department more faithful to its ideals

https://mins.news/en/item/21476

- CNN, 2026-08-13 16:59 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/13/politics/todd-blanche-plea-unity-justice-department-speech?Date=20260813&Profile=cnn

> In his first address to Justice Department employees, Attorney General Todd Blanche promised to make the department “more faithful to its highest ideals than when I found it.”

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