Epstein survivors urge Senate to reject Blanche as attorney general
Survivors say Blanche oversaw a sloppy release of nearly 3 million Epstein files that exposed identities and left key leads unpursued.
- Twenty Epstein survivors are pressing U.S. Sen. John Kennedy to block the confirmation of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, ahead of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings.
- Survivors wrote to the committee alleging Blanche prioritized political expediency over justice, claiming he adopted a strategy of minimizing Epstein files instead of pursuing investigative leads to identify others involved in the trafficking ring.
- The group criticized the handling of investigation materials, noting Blanche's team exposed a survivor's address in at least 46 instances, while over 1,200 former department staffers opposed his nomination citing institutional fealty concerns.
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Senators press Blanche on mifepristone lawsuits, Epstein survivors
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- During his July 15 confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche took questions from senators on issues ranging from objections to the way the Department of Justice handled the release of the Epstein files to the way it has approached state challenges to a policy permitting
Errors in the dissemination of Epstein's files dominated a key audience that will define Todd Blanche's future
He blames it on a process of publication and revision of documents that he has catalogued as a "herculean" task, and defends the Trump administration's "transparency"
Former Blanche colleagues explain why he should never be attorney general
Two former prosecutors and ex-colleagues of attorney general nominee Todd Blanche are speaking out Wednesday ahead of his first hearing before the U.S. Senate. In a column for MS NOW, Mimi Rocah and Perry Carbone wrote that Blanche "cannot be trusted" and that the "Senate Judiciary Committee should reject his nomination to be attorney general." The long-time legal experts said that the role of the head of the Justice Department was to exercise "…
Acting AG Todd Blanche Faces High-Stakes Confirmation Hearing
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, is set to be grilled by lawmakers on Capitol Hill during his confirmation hearing. He’s also facing a fierce campaign to block his nomination from survivors of Jeffrey Epstein. NBC’s Hallie Jackson reports for TODAY.
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