Updated on: October 25, 2026 / 1:07 PM EDT / CBS News

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The following is the transcript of the interview with Attorney General Todd Blance that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Oct. 25, 2026.

MARGARET BRENNAN: And we begin with U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche. Good morning to you, sir.

ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE: Good morning.

MARGARET BRENNAN: So we're nine days out. Your colleague Harmeet Dhillon, whose office would oversee election integrity cases, told my colleagues over at 60 Minutes that, quote, "absent some shocking contingency that's unexpected, there should be no interruption in the usual course of counting and certifying the results in the states." Do you share that view?

AG BLANCHE: Well, yes, of course. Absent- absent some facts that require us to do otherwise, there's President Trump, the Department of Justice- we don't want to have to get a law involved in elections, of course not.…