Todd Blanche Testifies at Senate Confirmation Hearing for Attorney General, Jul. 15, 2026
July 15, 2026 · The White House · 0:02:17
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What happened
The White House published this excerpt of Todd Blanche’s testimony at his Senate confirmation hearing for Attorney General on July 15, 2026. “When a family can send their kids to school, walk their neighborhood after dark, and build a life without fear, every promise of the American dream is within reach,” Blanche told the committee. “That’s my job. Securing safety for every American.”
In the excerpt, Blanche cited the Justice Department’s record as he stated it: murders down roughly 20% nationwide — “the lowest murder rate since 1900”; violent crime arrests up nearly 114%; almost 5,000 child predators and human traffickers taken off the streets; nearly 100,000 indictments and informations filed since January 20, 2025; and $96 million paid in the preceding four weeks through the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits program to surviving families of fallen officers. He pointed to Washington, D.C. and Memphis as partnership examples, saying homicides in Washington were down about 60% and overall crime in Memphis had declined by more than 40%. Blanche was confirmed as Attorney General in August 2026; his confirmation is recorded in this site’s chronicle.
Why it matters
A confirmation hearing is where an attorney general states, on the record and under questioning, the record he intends to run on. This excerpt — the portion the White House chose to publish — is Blanche’s own framing of the Justice Department’s public-safety case, filed here on the Justice & Crime hub with every figure attributed to his testimony.
Scoreboard watch
Scoreboard watch: the hearing figures (murders down ~20%; violent crime arrests up ~114%; ~5,000 predators and traffickers; ~100,000 indictments since January 20, 2025) are dated claims by the nominee, checkable against the Justice Department’s published statistics. Noted for the scoreboard editor; no entry is published from this page.
Sources: The White House, “Todd Blanche at Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. Attorney General,” July 15, 2026 (official upload, embedded above). All figures and characterizations as stated by the nominee in his testimony.
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