Todd Blanche Not ABOUT to Take ANY Crap From Kristen Welker on Trump Pardons and We Are Here FOR IT

Sam J. | 1:50 PM on August 17, 2026

Attorney General Todd Blanche delivered a full-throated reality check to Kristen Welker on Meet the Press, refusing to play along with the media’s selective amnesia over presidential pardon powers and January 6 while calmly reminding everyone what the prior administration was up to right before those clemencies hit.

She had to know Blanche wasn't going to just sit there and let her trash Trump and his pardons, right?

Ok, maybe not.

Watch:

🚨 JUST IN: AG Todd Blanche is taking ZERO BS from Fake News Kristen Welker

"There's NOTHING inconsistent about that. The president's pardon powers are NOT limited...do NOT forget that a few days before President Trump pardoned the individuals associated and who have pled… pic.twitter.com/v6GzF1sP3w
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 16, 2026

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... uilty to the conduct on January 6th, President Biden pardoned hundreds and HUNDREDS of criminals, many of whom were quite VIOLENT!"

*laughs in Biden's autopen pardons*

This.

Dems lost all credibility to whine about Trump pardons when they used the Biden autopen to let out violent criminals. https://t.co/TDRfNzAWd1
— Matt Whitlock (@MattWhitlock) August 16, 2026

See what we mean?

That dude needs to be careful. She is almost at this stage of TDS in the interview..... pic.twitter.com/hJDmJ53Xp6
— Husker4Life (@NE_good_life) August 16, 2026

Oof.

Why doesn’t anyone ever mention that everyone President Trump pardoned did their time plus some. They pleaded to things they didn’t do because of threats , were deprived of their civil rights, overcharged, and tortured in jail or prison. Good on Blanche four mentioning Biden…
— Lynn (@Lynnrx52) August 16, 2026