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Personal visit declared

Attend the rally as a private attorney general

The attorney general's office will be treating this rally as personal time.

Executive owner
Donald J. Trump / Attorney General Todd Blanche
Status
Personal visit declared
Due
Before November 3
Paying for it
Campaign reimbursed the travel

ACTIVITY

Updated
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Scheduling7:32 AM

Scheduling booked the attorney general as a private citizen.

DJT
Donald J. Trump7:34 AM

Nobody puts ME in a little Private-Person Box for two hours, I'm still ME! Change the Badge if the Lawyers love it, nobody in that Crowd is checking Lanyards!

EO
Executive Office7:41 AM

Ethics asked how the office would be kept separate from the rally. Events offered a different badge.

C
Communications7:50 AM

Communications moved praise for the candidate into the public-safety column.

DJT
Donald J. Trump7:52 AM

Right Account pays, please! No whole Hearing about one Airplane Seat.

EO
Executive Office8:00 AM

The travel was reimbursed. The appearance is harder to separate.

DJT
Donald J. Trump8:02 AM

She can go to Rallies, I go to RALLIES!!

PUBLIC RECORD

In a September 17 statement to AP, DOJ defended Blanche’s political-event appearances as personal, ethics-cleared and travel-reimbursed. Public Citizen filed a complaint over one appearance. Blanche denies endorsing candidates; the reporting does not establish a legal violation.

Associated Press · 2026-09-17 ↗