'I Don't Care What People Look At And Think': Todd Blanche Refuses Question About Cuba Regime Change

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]Attorney General Branch, we would like to know what would be the next step to a lot of people are wondering if there will be any a sort of attack military response from the United States if this now indictment gives permission for the United States to be closer to Cuba and again get Raul Castro and those others implicated here to the United States. So I'm I'm the acting Attorney General of the Department of Justice. We bring charges. So the question you asked is is is a question that involves um the department the the President of the United States, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of State and doesn't doesn't involve um the acting Attorney General. So all I what I can tell you is that that this is is um this indictment as we've said a bunch of times today is a result of of a lot of hard work and and what we believe is an important step in bringing um some semblance of justice to the families of of and friends and loved ones of of these men who were murdered.

[00:01:05]Um but beyond that I'm I'm not going to talk about what could happen with Cuba beyond that.

[00:01:11]Yes, go ahead.

[00:01:13]Attorney General Gloria Ordaz from Telemundo 51. Thank you for this opportunity.

[00:01:19]The next step is going to be an arrest warrant and I ask you this because um the Cuban exile would love to see Raul Castro in the same position of Nicolas Maduro.

[00:01:32]And >> [applause] >> and [applause] a lot of legal experts that we have interviewed during these days have said that Raul Castro that this indictment will be more symbolic that than practice and that Raul Castro should probably died in Cuba. What is your message for them?

[00:01:56]Well, I'm not going to compare cases for one. For two, um like I said a few minutes ago, we indict men who are not physically within the United States all the time. This is not a new um endeavor or venture for adventure for us. And so, the way that we get people here who are charged with a crime varies. There's all kinds of different ways. And and this is not, you know, there's an arrest warrant issued for a reason because we we certainly expect and believe that Mr. Castro was entitled to his day in court right here in Miami.

[00:02:31]Um Sue, yep.

[00:02:33]Thank you, sir. Jesse Kirsch with NBC News. Uh you mentioned that the grand jury uh approved these charges weeks ago. Curious to know what if any role the CIA director's visit to Cuba in recent days played in deciding to move forward with announcing this indictment.

[00:02:48]And I want to follow >> I'm not going to get into why we decided to um >> [snorts] >> unseal the indictment today except to note the place that we're standing and the important day that today represents. But yes, you're right.

[00:03:00]There's a lot of factors that go into when a sealed indictment is unsealed, if ever. And and so, beyond just just the fact that look, it was By the way, it wasn't that long ago. It was late April.

[00:03:11]It's it's mid-May. So.

[00:03:13]Thank you. And one one other question.

[00:03:14]When when when if people look at this and say this is at least partially just a pretext to push for regime change in Cuba, what would you say to people who take that perspective?

[00:03:25]>> care what people look at and think. I mean, we returned an indictment and um that's what we're here to talk about. If if people want to speculate or think what they will, I don't I don't care.

[00:03:33]Okay, one more question. Uh blue.

[00:03:36]Hi. So, the final speaker Oh, thank you.

[00:03:39]Hi, I'm Deborah Acosta with The Wall Street Journal. The final speaker mentioned or hinted at a potential team of people that has been put together to lead the country.

[00:03:50]Who are those people? Are they in the United States? Are they in Cuba? Is it a mix of both? Can you share a little bit more about that team?

[00:03:59]I I'm not sure what you're talking about.

[00:04:00]Can you say it again?

[00:04:03]At the very the the final speaker mentioned that there was a team of people that's going to lead this forward.

[00:04:10]Huh? Final speaker. So, why don't we let the final speaker address that?

[00:04:17]And thank you for the new nickname.

[00:04:19]>> Yeah, yeah, very good.

[00:04:20]>> I'll ever be known as the final speaker.

[00:04:22]That's probably easier to pronounce than my last name, Uthmeier, but I I I don't think I referenced what you're saying.

[00:04:27]What I talked about people spread across the state, I was talking about the spies and the criminal conspiracy that the evidence has revealed took place. There were spies working from Miami all the way down to the Florida Keys gathering intelligence and providing it to the regime to to figure out where these aircraft were going to be and put them in harm's way. As far as other geopolitical things, I'm I'm going to stay in my lane for now. Thank you.