The following is the transcript of the interview with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on April 26, 2026.

Acting attorney general Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel and Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for D.C., are expected to provide an update this afternoon on the investigation into the Saturday attack at the White House correspondents’ dinner.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faced questions about whether there was a designated survivor for the White House Correspondents' Dinner after a shooting incident exposed vulnerabilities

The acting attorney general could continue running DOJ for much of the year even without Trump’s nomination.

Funding for Homeland Security lapsed on Feb. 14, after Senate Democrats demanded policy changes at ICE and Border Patrol.

Senate Democrats’ desire to hold acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s feet to the fire over the Jeffrey Epstein files and his reasoning behind his sympathetic treatment of Ghislaine Maxwell, could be waylaid by a legal loophole.

Acting attorney general Todd Blanche said Sunday he did not view the shooting Saturday at the White House correspondents’ dinner as a security failure, saying “the system worked” as it should. Blanche,

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche traveled to Florida on Monday where he met with a new prosecutor tapped to handle one of the most important cases to President Donald Trump — the investigation into former CIA director and Trump critic John Brennan.

Blanche, who has served as deputy attorney general under Pam Bondi, previously represented Trump as his personal defense attorney.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed an order on Thursday officially reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana from a Schedule I to a less-regulated Schedule III drug, following President Donald Trump’s order to do so in December.