Senator Kennedy Questions Todd Blanche about the Epstein file drop [Li4k50KpQ0S]
DOJ says it released nearly 3.5 million Epstein-related pages and knows of no additional responsive records being withheld outside legally protected categories. But the most explosive question remains: Did investigators find evidence that Epstein trafficked victims to other powerful men? During Todd Blanche’s Attorney General confirmation hearing, senators pressed him about what the Justice Department actually knows—and what remains unresolved—about Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal network. Blanche testified that President Trump had never asked him to do anything illegal and that he would refuse if such a request were ever made. The questioning then turned to the Epstein files. DOJ officially reports releasing nearly 3.5 million pages under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The material was gathered from the federal cases involving Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, investigations into Epstein’s death, multiple FBI investigations and other related government records. Blanche said DOJ intentionally over-collected approximately six million pages while searching for responsive documents. Roughly three million pages were ultimately considered unrelated, duplicative or otherwise outside the scope of the law—including records involving unrelated people who also happened to have the surname Epstein. Why not release absolutely everything? Because the Transparency Act did not eliminate every other federal law or court restriction. DOJ may still withhold or redact victim-identifying information, child sexual-abuse material, privileged records, images depicting abuse or death, material affecting an active investigation and information protected by court orders. The most significant exchange concerned whether Epstein trafficked young women to other men. Blanche said career prosecutors in New York and Florida identified other participants in Epstein’s operation, some of whom had also been victimized by him. Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted for helping recruit and groom underage girls. However, Blanche testified that investigators had not identified evidence in the FBI and DOJ files establishing that Epstein trafficked victims to additional men. That statement requires careful interpretation. It does not prove that no other men abused Epstein’s victims. It does not invalidate survivors’ allegations, and it does not mean every possible witness or lead has been exhausted. Blanche specifically acknowledged that additional crimes may have occurred. His narrower claim was that prosecutors must work with admissible evidence gathered during the government’s investigations—and that the existing files had not provided sufficient evidence to charge additional men with receiving trafficked victims. Appearing in a flight log, address book, email, photograph or social circle is not proof of a crime. But the absence of a current prosecution should not prevent DOJ from examining credible new testimony, financial evidence, communications or corroborating witnesses. Blanche has said the department will investigate any new evidence capable of supporting an indictment and prosecution. That is now the standard by which DOJ should be judged: not internet speculation, partisan narratives or famous names in documents, but whether credible evidence is thoroughly investigated and survivors are treated seriously. Watch the full exchange and decide for yourself: Did DOJ release everything it lawfully could, or are the most important answers still missing? Subscribe to Mrs. Dave the Lawyer for more Epstein-file coverage, confirmation hearings, document reviews and government accountability. #EpsteinFiles #JeffreyEpstein #ToddBlanche #GhislaineMaxwell #DepartmentOfJustice #DOJ #FBI #EpsteinVictims #JusticeForVictims #GovernmentTransparency #ConfirmationHearing #LegalNews #GovernmentAccountability #MrsDaveTheLawyer 🎵 Music Credits: "Imperial Tempest" - Jacquelyn Leah