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Echoing his convention speech, he portrayed crime rates, which continued a long-term downward trend to reach new lows in 2025, as “President Trump and Vice President Vance delivering on a promise.”
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Crime rates in the U.S. continued a long-term downward trend, reaching new lows in 2025.
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- Charlie Savage
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- September 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM (3 weeks ago)
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- September 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM (3 weeks ago)
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https://nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/todd-blanche-doj-midterm-elections.html
Attorney General Todd Blanche has repeatedly participated in campaign events and spoken in partisan terms about the coming midterm elections, despite criticism that he violated a longstanding Justice Department principle of steering clear of electoral politics. This behavior breaks an ethical norm going back to Watergate.
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