When Accountability Stalls, Corruption Thrives – Todd Blanche May Be Testing Whether the Dam Finally Breaks

The republic survives only when the law is applied without fear or favor. We are about to learn whether that principle still holds

Douglas V. Gibbs ——Bio and Archives--May 7, 2026

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Something significant is happening inside the Department of Justice, and it deserves the attention of every American who still believes in the rule of law. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved with a speed and seriousness we have not seen in years, reviving investigations that were left to gather dust and authorizing inquiries that many assumed the political establishment had successfully buried.

Whether this becomes a genuine restoration of accountability or merely another chapter in the weaponization of government remains to be seen. But I believe the stakes are far higher than the headlines suggest.

For years, we have watched corruption and criminality run rampant through the halls of government while, as a friend of mine often laments, “nobody is in handcuffs.” We have endured scandal after scandal, lie after lie, and yet the machinery of accountability has seemed frozen in place. Now, Blanche has greenlit inquiries into Cassidy Hutchinson, John Brennan, James Comey, ActBlue, the SPLC, and even the bodyguards of Fani Willis. These are not small matters. These are pressure points in a system that has resisted scrutiny for far too long.

Is this the moment the American people can ask: Is this finally the moment when the dam breaks?

As a constitutional originalist, I always return to first principles. The Framers designed a system of divided powers precisely because they understood human nature. They knew that ambition, when unchecked, becomes tyranny. They knew that concentrated power invites abuse. And they knew that government must remain accountable to the........

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