Blanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General
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Blanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General

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Lithuanian
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The New York TimesAugust 16, 2026View Source

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Todd Blanche yra naujas generalinis prokuroras.

Todd Blanche is the new Attorney General.

yra→isnaujas→newgeneralinis→generalprokuroras→attorney general
Jis dirba prezidentui Donald Trump.

He works for President Donald Trump.

dirba→worksprezidentui→for the president
Blanche sekmadienį kalbėjo per naujienų laidą.

Blanche spoke on a news program on Sunday.

sekmadienį→on Sundaykalbėjo→spokeper→onnaujienų→newslaidą→program
Jis sakė, kad prezidentas yra geras žmogus.

He said that the president is a good person.

sakė→saidkad→thatprezidentas→presidentyra→isgeras→goodžmogus→person
Trumpas niekada neprašė jo nubausti žmonių.

Trump never asked him to punish people.

Trumpas→Trumpniekada→neverneprašė→did not askjo→himnubausti→to punishžmonių→people
Blanche nesako, kad jis yra nepriklausomas.

Blanche does not say that he is independent.

nesako→does not saykad→thatyra→isnepriklausomas→independent
Teisingumo departamentas dabar turi naują vadovą.

The Justice Department now has a new leader.

Teisingumo→of Justicedepartamentas→departmentdabar→nowturi→hasnaują→newvadovą→leader
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prokuroras
prosecutor / attorney general
"Generalinis prokuroras dirba vyriausybėje."
nepriklausomas
independent
"Šis žmogus yra labai nepriklausomas."
nubausti
to punish
"Policija nori nubausti blogus žmones."
sekmadienį
on Sunday
"Mes ilsimės sekmadienį."
vadovas
leader / boss
"Mano vadovas yra geras žmogus."
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