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No. 162

Topic: DOJ-independence

Fact-Check: Attorney General Todd Blanche on Meet the Press, August 16, 2026

Verdicts: 3 Mostly True, 2 Mixed, 2 Misleading, 2 False

Two claims rate False: Blanche on presidential direction (the Bondi episode contradicts the “never”) and his Biden clemency description (Jan. 17 commutations were non-violent).

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