Two hours. No press release. No official statement on DOJ.gov. Just a tweet. That’s how the Department of Justice responded to a convicted felon with a website.
The Timeline
6:21 AM, December 8, 2025: I publish “Is Todd Blanche Undermining the Letitia James Prosecution?”
The article documents 47 unauthorized disclosures from DOJ insiders to nine newsrooms. Six leaks specifically positioning Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as the “reasonable skeptic.” His April 26 tweet promising to hold leakers “fully accountable” with “no safe havens.” His silence on leaks that helped him. His investigation into the people who bypassed him.
6:57 AM: I post the article to Twitter.
8:48 AM: The Department of Justice posts a statement on Twitter from Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche defending U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan.
Two hours.
What They Said
“Lindsey and our attorneys are simply doing their jobs: advocating for the Department of Justice’s positions while following guidance from the Office of Legal Counsel. They do not deserve to have their reputations questioned in court for ethically advocating on behalf of their client.”
They support Halligan now.
Let’s check the record.
What the Record Shows
October 9, 2025: Halligan walks into a federal grand jury and secures an indictment against Letitia James on all counts. Bank fraud. False statements. A rookie prosecutor with no prior prosecutorial experience got what the “experienced” prosecutor wouldn’t pursue.
Same day: ABC News reports that Bondi and Blanche were “caught off guard” by the indictment. The source: inside DOJ.
November 20, 2025: MSNBC reports that Blanche and Bondi “were never thrilled with these marginal mortgage fraud cases.” The source: inside DOJ.
After the indictment: Halligan is reassigned. Roger Keller, a veteran career prosecutor from Missouri, is brought in to handle the re-presentation after Judge Currie dismisses on Appointments Clause grounds.
December 4, 2025: Keller presents to a new grand jury. One morning. Adjourned by lunch. No indictment.
Same evidence. Same four contradictory sworn statements. Same “it looks suspicious” text message from James to her accountant.
The four contradictions—all about the same property at Peronne Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia:
To the bank: “Second home” for personal use.
To the insurance company: “Owner-occupied.”
To the IRS: “Rental property” with “zero personal use days”—and she took the deductions.
To New York State: “Investment.”
Four sworn statements. Four different stories. At least three are federal crimes.
And then there’s the text message. March 28, 2024—four years after she bought the property and took the deductions—James texted her accountant: “I do not want to take deduction. It looks suspicious.”
Four years of fraud before she realized it “looks suspicious.” That’s consciousness of guilt in her own words.
The rookie succeeded. The veteran failed.
December 8, 2025: Two hours after I document this pattern, Blanche suddenly supports Halligan.
The Questions They Didn’t Answer
If you supported Halligan all along:
Why did your sources leak that you were “caught off guard” by her indictment?
Why did your sources call the case “marginal”?
Why did her replacement fail in one morning on the same evidence?
Why are you “possibly even encouraging” an investigation into Bill Pulte and Ed Martin—the people who made her case possible?
Why no investigation into 47 leaks that helped you—including six that made you the hero?
And the big one:
If I’m just a blogger, why did you respond in two hours?
The Promise You Made
April 26, 2025, your words:
“The era of anonymous leaks & shielded sources protecting anti-trump operatives is over. This DOJ is done looking the other way. We will hold leakers — wherever they are — fully accountable. No more safe havens in federal agencies.”
“Wherever they are.” Except your building.
“Fully accountable.” Except when they help you.
“No more safe havens.” Except for the 47 sources who leaked to nine newsrooms on your behalf.
You promised accountability. You delivered silence—until a blogger made silence impossible.
Why Two Hours Matters
The Department of Justice doesn’t tweet statements responding to bloggers.
They don’t fire off social media posts about convicted felons with websites.
They don’t scramble on a Monday morning to defend prosecutors they previously undermined.
Unless the documents are undeniable.
Unless the timeline is airtight.
Unless silence is no longer an option.
I’m not important. I’m a convicted felon who found public records and followed the trail.
But the documents are important. Four contradictory sworn statements. “It looks suspicious.” 115,000 pages of evidence. A rookie who succeeded. A veteran who failed. 47 leaks that all helped one side. A Deputy Attorney General who promised accountability and delivered protection.
Those documents forced a response in two hours.
Not because of who I am. Because of what the records show.
The Documents Don’t Care
Letitia James still made four contradictory sworn statements about the same property.
She still texted her accountant that taking deductions “looks suspicious.”
The dismissal was on procedure, not evidence.
“Nothing in the law prevents the Justice Department from trying again to indict her.”
The 47 leaks are still documented.
The six leaks making Blanche the hero are still documented.
His April 26 promise is still documented.
His two-hour response is now documented.
Grand juries come and go. Prosecutors rotate. Statements get issued. Headlines flip.
The documents don’t move.
What Happens Next
I don’t know. I’m just a blogger.
But I know this: the Deputy Attorney General of the United States responded to me in two hours.
That tells you everything about who has the receipts—and who’s scared of them.
I’m a registered Democrat. I trained Obama’s DOJ. I have no ties to Trump. Eric Trump blocked me years ago. I follow the documents, not the party.
The documents say Todd Blanche has questions to answer.
Two hours says he knows it.
Sam Antar is a convicted felon. As CFO of Crazy Eddie, he committed securities fraud in the 1980s. Since cooperating with federal authorities, he has spent over 30 years training law enforcement agencies including the FBI, SEC, IRS, and DOJ. He has never been paid for his investigative work on this case. He follows the documents, not the politics.
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Written by Sam Antar | Forensic Accountant & Fraud Investigator
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