CLC Complaint to DOJ Inspector General Regarding Deputy AG Todd Blanche

Campaign Legal Center requested that the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) investigate whether the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche participated in particular matters affecting his financial interests in violation of the criminal conflict of interest law, 18 U.S.C. § 208. According to media reports and publicly available financial disclosures, Blanche apparently issued a new DOJ prosecution policy that benefitted the digital asset industry while he owned digital assets. If Blanche participated in a particular matter affecting the digital asset industry while owning digital assets, he may have violated his ethics agreement and the criminal conflict of interest law.