Attorney General Todd Blanche holds White House press briefing with reporters — 9/15/2026

Summary

Attorney General Todd Blanche held a White House press briefing covering DOJ enforcement priorities, including terrorism arrests and indictments, declining crime statistics, fraud takedowns, election-integrity prosecutions, and the DOJ's response to the Supreme Court's mail-in ballot ruling. He also discussed AI policy, saying DOJ will not regulate AI and that the US cannot lose the AI race to China, and addressed questions on China, fentanyl, and ongoing investigations. The briefing contained no market, stock, or investment commentary.

• Blanche highlighted counterterrorism arrests, including an ISIS-related case in Pennsylvania and an indictment of Russian-intelligence-linked individuals.
• DOJ reported declining violent crime and murder rates and touted Memphis and St. Louis task force results.
• Officials announced COVID fraud and daycare fraud takedowns with hundreds of defendants and millions in intended losses.
• Blanche defended DOJ's election-integrity work after a Supreme Court setback on mail-in voting and said investigations continue.
• On AI, Blanche said DOJ is a prosecutor not a regulator, called AI beneficial, and warned the US cannot lose the AI race to China.
• Blanche declined to comment on ongoing investigations, including Fulton County election records and Fauci, and brushed off midterm-timed AI alarm as political.
• No financial-market or investment guidance was provided.