Acting attorney general Todd Blanche began by defending law enforcement’s security performance at the White House correspondent’s dinner, noting that suspected gunman Cole Tomas Allen was a floor above the ballroom,

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 spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday following a shooting outside the ballroom of the Washington Hilton Hotel where the White House Correspondents' Dinner was taking place.

Acting attorney general Todd Blanche said investigators were still examining whether the bullet that struck a Secret Service officer, who was protected by a bulletproof vest, was fired by suspect Cole Tomas Allen.

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

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.

Acting attorney general Todd Blanche told CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday that the suspect could face additional charges: “There’s a lot of federal charges that could be in play beyond those two charges,

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

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, 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.