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Channel GOP · Hearing · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Blumenthal: Todd Blanche dodged his question on a pardon reportedly tied to a $2.5 million payment

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At a Senate Democrats' press conference after Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing for attorney general, Sen. Blumenthal says he asked Blanche about a pardon reportedly obtained after a $2.5 million payment by David Gentilly. Blumenthal says Blanche evaded whether he instructed the investigation to be shut down, apparently through one of his top people calling the Eastern District of New York. He says Blanche called the story a leak instead of answering.

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Sen. Blumenthal
Where
briefing - Senate Judiciary Democrats' press conference after Todd Blanche's att
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PBS NewsHour · watch the full video from this moment
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42 seconds, unedited within the cut
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52,780 on Instagram
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In response to my questions about the pardon that was reportedly obtained as a result of a $2 .5 million payment by David Gentilly, possibly to Father Mann, who then talked to President Trump, he evaded the question about whether he'd instructed the investigation of that impropriety to be shut down, as apparently he did through one of his top people calling the Eastern District of New York. He said it was a leak, as though it being a leak justified the impropriety.

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