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“Look, the Epstein files has been a saga that’s lasted for the entire for the past year, and what happened when the president signed the transparency act is the Department of Justice has now released all the files with respect to the Epstein saga and the attorney general. Bondi and I appeared in front of Congress voluntarily a couple weeks ago to answer any questions they had,” he said, adding the lawmakers may also come view the unredacted files at the DOJ’s offices.
"These aren't the files you're looking for."
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has made an effort to distance himself from the scandal that helped cost his predecessor her job: The Justice Department’s handling of the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Blanche, hours after taking the reins as the nation’s acting top prosecutor, insisted it’s time for the DOJ to move on from the scrutiny that has plagued the DOJ’s release of documents related to years of investigations into Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.
“I think that to the extent that the Epstein files was a part of the past year of this Justice Department, it … should not be a part of anything going forward,” Blanche said Thursday in an interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters.
Blanche said the DOJ “has now released all the files with respect to the Epstein saga.” But even according to his own statements, that’s not true.
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Files? What files? Stop asking about the files. There are no more files. We need to move on from the files. The ones that don't exist.
He said in January that the DOJ had reviewed — but would not release — millions of pages of files that he has claimed are protected by one or more privileges. But the law does not give the DOJ any right to hold back documents on privilege grounds or for reasons other than those expressly mentioned in the law itself.
Move along. Nothing to see here.
"These aren't the files you're looking for."
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has made an effort to distance himself from the scandal that helped cost his predecessor her job: The Justice Department’s handling of the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Blanche, hours after taking the reins as the nation’s acting top prosecutor, insisted it’s time for the DOJ to move on from the scrutiny that has plagued the DOJ’s release of documents related to years of investigations into Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.
“I think that to the extent that the Epstein files was a part of the past year of this Justice Department, it … should not be a part of anything going forward,” Blanche said Thursday in an interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters.
Blanche said the DOJ “has now released all the files with respect to the Epstein saga.” But even according to his own statements, that’s not true.
Blanche says DOJ should move on from the Epstein files
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Department of Justice has released “all the files” related to Jeffrey Epstein. That’s not true.
www.ms.now
Files? What files? Stop asking about the files. There are no more files. We need to move on from the files. The ones that don't exist.
He said in January that the DOJ had reviewed — but would not release — millions of pages of files that he has claimed are protected by one or more privileges. But the law does not give the DOJ any right to hold back documents on privilege grounds or for reasons other than those expressly mentioned in the law itself.
Move along. Nothing to see here.
