A top Trump official says that evidence regarding irregularities during the 2020 election will be released “soon,” proving that President Donald Trump actually won it. Ambassador Monica Crowley, the U.S. government’s chief of protocol, made the announcement on Wednesday at an event hosted by Breitbart News.

“He did win in a landslide, and we will soon be able to give evidence about that,” Crowley said, without providing further details, the Washington Times reported.

The statements align with those made by other high-ranking officials, including FBI Director Kash Patel, who have discussed evidence of a conspiracy to undermine the 2020 election, which resulted in President Joseph R. Biden being declared the winner despite strong objections from Trump.

All claims raised during and immediately after the election were rejected by both the courts and Congress, which affirmed Biden’s victory, but it’s not at all clear that courts were shown any of the evidence that is purportedly coming.

Also, a federal grand jury in Florida is now taking up the matter, with the U.S. Department of Justice bringing in former U.S. attorney and Trump ally Joe diGenova to assist the U.S. attorney’s office in the Southern District of Florida.

Trump signaled in February that “something” significant may be revealed relating to the 2020 presidential election after the FBI executed a search warrant in Fulton County, Georgia, and seized ballots and other related election materials the previous month.

Speaking on The Dan Bongino Show, Trump reiterated long-standing claims that the 2020 election was flawed and said evidence from the Fulton County search could lead to “interesting things” coming to light. He did not provide specific details about what information may emerge or when it might be disclosed.

Trump also repeated assertions that there were irregularities in vote counts in states he did not win and encouraged Republicans to consider changes to election administration processes.

He suggested that actions taken in Georgia could be part of a broader review of election conduct, though he provided no new evidence to support allegations that the 2020 results were affected by fraud.

The president did mention, however, that evidence from the search in Fulton County would soon uncover “interesting things.” He also encouraged Republicans to think about “nationalizing the voting” process.

“We have states that I won that show I didn’t win,” Trump told Bongino. “Now you’re going to see something in Georgia, where they were able to get, with a court order, the ballots.”

“You’re going to see some interesting things come out. But you know, like the 2020 election, I won that election by so much,” Trump said.

Trump’s comments follow federal authorities’ Jan. 28 execution of a court-approved warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operations Center in Union City, where agents seized ballots from the 2020 general election, voting machine tapes, and voter rolls as part of an ongoing investigation.

Federal officials have said the search was part of normal investigative procedures under a criminal warrant; they have not released further details on potential charges or findings tied to the seizure.

Fulton County officials on Monday sued the federal government, claiming the search warrant execution was flawed and that FBI agents improperly seized voting data.

The Fulton County materials are at the center of renewed scrutiny related to election administration and record preservation. Critics and supporters alike have offered differing interpretations of the search, with Republican allies of Trump calling it overdue scrutiny and Democratic officials dismissing broader claims of fraud.

Acting AG Blanche Fires Back at Obama’s DOJ Criticism

Posted July 21, 2026

Former President Barack Obama sharply criticized the Trump administration this week over what he described as growing political influence inside the United States Department of Justice, prompting an aggressive response from Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche defending both the administration’s prosecutions and President Donald Trump’s authority over the executive branch.

The escalating public dispute comes as the Justice Department faces mounting scrutiny over a series of criminal investigations and indictments involving several longtime Trump critics and political adversaries, including former FBI Director James Comey.

Obama raised the issue during an interview with Stephen Colbert on CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that aired Monday night.

“The White House shouldn’t be able to direct the attorney general to go around prosecuting whoever,” Obama said during the interview. “The idea is that the attorney general is the people’s lawyer. It’s not the president’s consigliere.”

Obama suggested the principle of DOJ independence may ultimately need to be codified into law by Congress, arguing that the justice system risks becoming politicized if presidents are perceived as directly targeting political opponents through federal prosecutions.

The comments immediately triggered pushback from the Trump administration.

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson accused Obama of hypocrisy, arguing that his administration played a central role in the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation.

“Barack Hussein Obama is the king of weaponization,” Jackson said in a statement, referencing declassified documents related to the FBI’s Russia probe.

But the administration’s most extensive response came Wednesday from Blanche during an interview with CBS News in Phoenix.

Blanche forcefully rejected accusations that the DOJ is engaged in political retaliation and defended the president’s constitutional authority over the executive branch.

“Article Two says, ‘the executive power shall be vested in the President of the United States of America,’” Blanche said while holding a pocket copy of the Constitution during the interview. “It does not say that the Attorney General stands off to the side.”

Blanche emphasized that the attorney general serves within the executive branch and argued that presidents are fully entitled to direct priorities involving law enforcement, immigration, drugs, and national security.

“To the extent that President Trump calls me and says that he thinks we have a problem in this country, whether it’s the scourge of drugs, illegal immigration, every American wants him to do that,” Blanche said. “And he should.”

The acting attorney general also dismissed accusations that the DOJ is pursuing politically motivated cases against Trump critics.

“We are absolutely doing nothing but what we should be doing at the Department of Justice,” Blanche said. “I wake up with a very clean conscience every morning.”

The public clash comes amid multiple high-profile investigations involving Trump adversaries.

Most notably, Comey was recently indicted after prosecutors alleged a 2025 Instagram post featuring seashells arranged to form the numbers “86 47” constituted a threat against Trump, the 47th president. Prosecutors argue “86” is commonly understood slang meaning “to eliminate” or “get rid of.”

Blanche defended the case, arguing threats against the president must be treated seriously given recent assassination attempts and escalating political extremism.

Last year, Trump publicly urged then-Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue prosecutions against Comey, James, and Sen. Adam Schiff, writing on social media that “JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED.”

Blanche declined to discuss private conversations with Trump when asked whether the president personally directed prosecutions.

“But rest assured,” Blanche said, “he has much better, bigger and important things to do than to worry about me doing my job.”

Blanche also turned Democrats’ criticism back against them by pointing to the multiple criminal prosecutions Trump himself faced before returning to office, including cases brought by state prosecutors in New York and Georgia as well as federal investigations overseen by Special Counsel Jack Smith.

“So I welcome criticism. Let’s go,” Blanche said. “But if you’re sitting in a glass house, you ought not throw stones.”