Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Fox News that the Department of Justice is running multiple active investigations into the 2020 election in Arizona, Georgia, and Fulton County, Georgia, and pledged that the American public will see whatever those probes uncover.
Blanche made the remarks during this week's broadcast of Fox News Channel's "Sunday Morning Futures," responding to host Maria Bartiromo's direct question about whether DOJ has found evidence the election was rigged. His answer was blunt.
The acting attorney general did not mince words about the scope of the effort or the difficulty of the work. He described adversaries who are "very good at hiding up misconduct" and said the investigations demand "old, good old-fashioned law enforcement, police work." He also left the door open to criminal charges, a formal report, or other public disclosures once the probes reach conclusions.
The exchange began when Bartiromo referenced recent comments by White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. Bartiromo told Blanche on the broadcast:
"So, [White House chief of staff Susie Wiles] just said that we're going to find out that President Trump actually did win certain states in the 2020 election. Now, the president says all the time that the election was rigged. What have you done about that? Do you have any evidence that the election was rigged? What can you tell us?"
Blanche responded without hesitation:
"Well, there's a ton of evidence that the election was rigged. That's not something the DOJ needs to tell you about. There's been evidence about that for many, many years. What I can tell you is that we have multiple investigations going on in Arizona, in Georgia, in Fulton County, Georgia. And that's exactly what we're looking at, is, we're, by the way, this is very difficult, because they're very good. They're very good at hiding up misconduct and hiding what they're doing. And so that's why we're very focused on finding out whether the right people voted, whether people who were supposed to vote voted, whether there was one vote cast per voter. And that's what we're doing in multiple states."
Three things stand out in that answer. First, Blanche treated the existence of evidence as already established, "there's been evidence about that for many, many years", and framed the DOJ's job as building on what is already known. Second, he named specific jurisdictions: Arizona, Georgia broadly, and Fulton County, Georgia specifically. Third, he outlined the investigative questions in concrete terms: voter eligibility, voter identity, and the one-person-one-vote principle.
Blanche acknowledged the frustration many Americans feel about the pace of the work. He anticipated the question before Bartiromo could ask it.
"And the reality of the answer to that is because it takes a lot of work to uncover what happened in 2020. It takes a lot of old, good old-fashioned law enforcement, police work, which is what we're doing. And we have great prosecutors working on it as well. And I expect that, and I assure you, I assure the American people that as soon as we have something to say for it, whether it's charges, whether it's a report, whether it's the results of an investigation, the American people will learn about what we uncovered."
That final line carries weight. Blanche did not promise indictments. He did not promise exoneration. He promised transparency, "the American people will learn about what we uncovered", and listed three possible forms: charges, a report, or investigation results. The range suggests DOJ is keeping its options open depending on what the evidence ultimately supports.
Blanche has been no stranger to controversy since stepping into the acting AG role. His confirmation process drew pushback from some Republican senators over separate DOJ decisions, a reminder that the political terrain around his tenure is not one-sided.
The 2020 election investigation is not the only high-profile probe Blanche has discussed publicly. In a separate appearance, he told Fox News that the Justice Department is also investigating the origins of the Russia collusion narrative, saying DOJ is "working diligently to uncover the truth" and is "committed to delivering definitive answers to the American people."
Taken together, the two lines of investigation suggest a DOJ that is methodically revisiting what it views as unresolved questions from the Trump era, questions that much of the Washington establishment spent years dismissing or, in some cases, actively suppressing.
The indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is another thread in that pattern. Blanche's DOJ has shown a willingness to pursue cases against figures once considered untouchable in official Washington.
And Blanche himself has pushed back on critics who try to minimize those cases. He argued publicly that the Comey indictment rests on far more than the narrow details opponents have highlighted, suggesting a deeper evidentiary basis.
For all the firmness of his language, Blanche left significant gaps. He did not name specific suspects, specific fraudulent acts, or specific case numbers. He did not cite documents, data sets, or sworn testimony. He did not give a timeline for when the investigations might conclude.
He also did not explain what "a ton of evidence" consists of beyond the general categories he described, voter eligibility, voter identity, and one-vote-per-person compliance. Whether that evidence rises to the level of criminal charges or amounts to irregularities that fall short of prosecution remains an open question.
Blanche's description of the targets as people who are "very good at hiding up misconduct" could be read two ways. It signals that DOJ believes it is dealing with sophisticated actors. It also provides a built-in explanation if results take longer than the public expects, or if the results are less dramatic than the rhetoric suggests.
The broader political environment around these claims is charged. The White House has clashed with former President Obama over the role of the attorney general and the independence of the Justice Department, a debate that colors how both sides interpret every DOJ move.
For millions of Americans who watched the 2020 election unfold, who saw last-minute rule changes, mass mail-in balloting, and opaque counting processes in key jurisdictions, Blanche's words land differently than they do in newsrooms that spent four years insisting the election was beyond question.
The core promise here is simple: the government will investigate, and the government will tell you what it found. That should not be a controversial proposition. Voters in Arizona and Georgia deserve to know whether their elections were conducted lawfully. If they were, a thorough investigation will confirm it. If they were not, the public has a right to know that too.
Blanche put his credibility on the line with a public assurance. Now the clock is running. The investigations need to produce something concrete, charges, a report, or documented findings, or the promise becomes just another Washington talking point.
The American people have heard plenty of assurances from officials in both parties. What they haven't gotten enough of is proof, followed by consequences. Blanche says both are coming. He'd better be right.
