Chris Van Hollen Corners Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche On DOJ Slush Fund And Epstein Files [AQ1OUAYhKgW]
Chris Van Hollen Corners Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche On DOJ Slush Fund And Epstein Files Senator Chris Van Hollen confronts Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during a Senate Appropriations hearing on the Department of Justice fiscal year 2027 budget request. The exchange centers on a new weaponization compensation fund that critics argue could pay individuals previously convicted of attacking Capitol Hill police officers, the absence of judicial oversight over the program, and the Epstein survivors who were at that moment reading case files into the public record in New York. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche commits on the record that the Justice Department will not recommend a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell and agrees to meet with the survivor group. Van Hollen closes by confirming, with Blanche on camera, that lying to Congress is a federal criminal offense. Timestamps 00:00 Cold Open 00:38 Slush Fund 00:50 Police Officers 01:20 Five Commissioners 02:00 Keepseagle Case 03:00 Epstein Survivors 03:45 Maxwell Pardon 04:45 Pardoned Predator 05:30 Congress Warning 05:56 Robert Jay 08:30 Maxwell Record 13:00 Show Closing