US Attorney General Todd Blanche declined to promise that the Department of Justice would operate independently of the White House, and said he would take President Trump's views on individual prosecutions into account. When asked in an interview on Sunday if the Department of Justice would “always act independently” of the White House, Blanche answered, “No, I won't make that kind of promise.” He added: “No attorney general should have made that commitment.”

US Attorney General Todd Blanche declined to promise that the Department of Justice would operate independently of the White House, and said he would take President Trump's views on individual prosecutions into account. When asked in an interview on Sunday if the Department of Justice would “always act independently” of the White House, Blanche answered, “No, I won't make that kind of promise.” He added: “No attorney general should have made that commitment.”