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DOJ Inspector General Declined Further Action on Todd Blanche Crypto Transactions

Barchart·09/15/2026 19:02:22
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A newly released 2026 financial disclosure for Attorney General Todd Blanche states that the Justice Department's Inspector General declined further action regarding several cryptocurrency transactions previously disclosed by Blanche.

  • The OGE annotation specifically references Blanche's reported transactions involving Bitcoin, Solana, Ethereum Classic, Polygon, Polkadot, Quant and Ethereum.
  • Blanche reported selling $100,001-$250,000 of Bitcoin and $15,001-$50,000 of Ethereum in June 2025, along with smaller cryptocurrency positions.
  • Blanche issued an April 2025 DOJ memo changing the department's digital-asset enforcement policy and disbanding the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team before completing his crypto divestitures.
  • The Campaign Legal Center later asked the DOJ Inspector General to investigate whether Blanche's participation violated federal conflict-of-interest law.
  • The OGE filing says only that the DOJ IG "declined further action" and does not provide the Inspector General's reasoning or characterize the matter as an exoneration.

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