Rocah Says Acting AG Todd Blanche Has Prioritized the Interests of Trump Above Those of the American People

We caught up with former Westchester District Attorney Mimi Rocah and learned that she is teaching at Fordham Law School and is working on a booked called Justice Still Stands about the attack on the Department of Justice by Trump and his enablers and the heroes fighting back. It will be published by Harper Collins in January 2027.

In June 2026 Rocah participated in a discussion in Scarsdale on “Justice, Democracy and the Rule of Law” at the Scarsdale Adult School.

During the talk, she revealed that she was baffled by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s refutation of the principles that he shared with his colleagues in the office of the U.S. Attorney’s Southern District where Rocah worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for more than 16 years. The mantra in that office was “do the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason.” Rocah and Blanche worked closely together and eventually became co-chiefs of the White Plains office.

“What about Todd?” she kept asking herself. Where are his loyalties? After Blanche served as Trumps personal attorney in the “hush money” case concerning the falsification of business records related to reimbursements paid to Michael Cohen, brought by the Manhattan DA, Trump brought Blanche to Washington, first as Deputy Attorney General and now as acting Attorney General where he has chosen loyalty to the President over defending the rule of law for the American people.

Here are just a few of the examples Rocah has cited on Blanche’s willingness to carry out the President’s partisan plans:

-Blanche conducted an unprecedented interview with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell where “he let her lie and did not push back.”
- Brought a failed indictment against NYS Attorney General Letitia James for mortgage fraud.
-Sought to indict James Comey for placing seashells on a beach.
-Dismissed charges against members of the Proud Boys for their conduct during the riots on January 6, 2021.
-Attempted to arrange a settlement to create a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that Trump pledged to share with supporters.
-Fired career prosecutors and FBI agents with stellar records, turning his back on many colleagues who Trump perceived to be enemies.

Rocah says, “His conduct in a position that I held in such high regard has been upsetting for me on both a personal and professional level.”

Why had Blanche chosen to take on Trump’s personal agenda, even when the law did not justify the cases?

Rocah could only surmise that Blanche had been lured by access to power. Based on loyalty and affection for the President Blanche transformed himself into someone who was willing to sacrifice his integrity to carry out the President’s agenda.

More recently we have seen Rocah on MS Now, sounding the alert about Blanche who is being questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee in his quest to get their approval for his bid to be the Attorney General of the United States. This is the first time a president’s criminal defense attorney has come before the Senate to be confirmed as Attorney General.

Why is Rocah speaking up? She says, “I feel obligated as former officers of the Justice Department to speak plainly — as did more than 1,200 other DOJ alums opposing his nomination. Our concern is not political; all presidents are entitled to appoint senior Justice Department officials who share their law enforcement priorities. Our concern is institutional: whether the Justice Department will continue to exist to serve the American people and whether Americans will have faith in its decisions and actions.”

She says, “Todd Blanche has shown himself unable or unwilling to stop prioritizing the interests of Donald Trump above all else. … One of the most important qualifications is that the Attorney General understands that their role is not to serve the man and the president’s political agenda before the interests of the American people.”