The New Republic | Trump’s Attorney General Haunted by Lawsuit Accusing Him of Forgery by Malcolm Ferguson

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is still fighting a year‑long lawsuit brought by twin New York financial advisers Adam and Daniel Kaplan, who claim Blanche forged their signatures on an engagement agreement and misled them about fees after the brothers ran up more than $1.65 million in debt to Blanche’s firm, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft. The twins, who sought Blanche’s help in 2021 to avoid a fraud prosecution, say he promised a steep discount and “did not want to make money on the representation,” yet their debt led Blanche to withdraw in 2022 and the Kaplans sued in 2023. Blanche and the firm denied the allegations and counter‑sued for the unpaid balance, while the twins were later convicted on 16 counts of money‑laundering and wire fraud in July 2023; despite their convictions, they have not dropped the suit, raising questions about the attorney general’s ethics as the case is expected to continue through the year.

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