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Some major breaking news here as it relates to the Epstein files, and it is not great for the White House or acting attorney general Todd Blanch.
Today, a federal judge, US District Judge EMTT Sullivan, issued a ruling finding that Blanch effectively admitted to violating the law when it comes to the Epstein files. And I want to be precise here because the judge's words speak for themselves.
Sullivan wrote in his opinion, quote, "The attorney general does not respond substantively to any of these arguments. The attorney general has conceded that he is in violation of the act." Not the judge found a violation. Not the evidence suggests a violation. The attorney general of the United States, the nation's top law enforcement officer, conceded the violation by not even bothering to argue against it. He didn't respond. He didn't push back. He just didn't show up to defend himself because he can't.
So, here's the quick background. Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November 2025 by a vote of 427 to 1, nearly unanimous. Trump himself signed the law. It required the DOJ to release all the unclassified Epstein files and detailed redaction log by December 19th, 2025. They missed that deadline, released documents in waves that were heavily redacted. We're talking hundreds of pages entirely blacked out, and then had the audacity to declare in January that they had fulfilled their legal obligations.
Now, that claim received enormous push back, including from members of Congress who had actually reviewed the files, with some reports suggesting that the full Epstein files have over 6 million pages, while the DOJ managed to release only three million.
So, independent journalist Katie Fang sued the DOJ in April, accusing the administration of a brazen violation of the act, specifically that they were improperly redacting names of codefendants in a draft indictment, names of potential co-conspirators, and FBI interview notes with a woman who alleged that Epstein introduced her to Trump in the 1980s when she was 13 years old and that Trump had assaulted her.
Judge Sullivan agreed with Fang and is now given Blanch until July 2nd, so just a week from now, to release that information or provide a detailed justification for every single redaction.
Now, Katie Fang's attorney put it plainly, quote, "The government ignored its own law and blew off a judge's order, all for the sake of protecting the very powerful and very rich. Doing so has consequences, and now the public will finally get transparency around Jeffrey Epstein and his network."
In fact, Fang herself spoke out about the decision here.
>> I, Katie Fang, private citizen, have standing to be able to get Todd Blanch as the acting attorney general of the Department of Justice to be able to comply with Judge Sullivan's order, which is now telling him that on or before July 2nd, he either has to put up or shut up. He either has to bring forth unredacted files or show cause as to why he should not or cannot do so. But I have identified, Ben, specific areas in the Epstein files. Number one, redactions that have been made to senders and recipients names and email addresses for some of the most egregious, egregious email communications with Jeffrey Epstein talking about little girls being naughty, things like that. Judge Sullivan says those identities have to be disclosed. Number two, the FBI interview notes for the victim who alleged that when she was 13 years old, she was physically and sexually abused by Donald Trump. Judge Sullivan has said that Todd Blanch must produce those or show cause as to why that he should not have to do so. The foreign language documents in the Epstein Files Act that the Department of Justice didn't bother to do interpretations or translations of. Judge Sullivan said, "You have to produce those." The names in two internal DOJ documents that identify the co-conspirators/codefendants that were going to be a part of that proposed indictment in the Southern District of Florida that never materialized because it was never produced or presented to the grand jury. Instead, Epstein got his sweetheart plea deal with the state authorities. Judge Sullivan says that those identities of those co-conspirators and codefendants must be revealed. And lastly, there was the redaction log that the Epstein Files Transparency Act required the DOJ to produce contemporaneously with the roll out of these files. It was supposed to identify the grounds underneath this law as to why they were withholding or redacting certain bits of information. The DOJ wiped his ass with it, Ben, and did not produce that at all. Judge Sullivan said, "You better do it and start it now. If not, there's going to be consequences."
I mean, this is a big deal, Ben. This judge says, "I have informational harm and economic harm, but you know what the best part about this order is? It says that Blanch must produce, quote, to the public, not to just Miss Fang, but to the public. And this is why I brought this lawsuit in the beginning. We needed this transparency as the American public. And we had to force the DOJ to have to do this."
>> And here's where I want to train your attention to something important. The DOJ's response to this ruling was to say, and I'm not making this up, that Judge Sullivan's finding was, quote, "a perverse interpretation of the law," and that Blanch, quote, "has not conceded anything," which is a fascinating defense for a guy who literally did not respond to the allegations. That's like saying you didn't lose a tennis match because you never showed up. Buddy, that's how you lose.
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Now, it's not especially surprising that Todd Blanch is flailing here, considering this has become a recurring theme for the attorney general, who seems to be in his position solely to facilitate the continued cover-up of this scandal. In fact, just weeks ago, Todd Blanch testified for the House and straight up refused to even acknowledge objective reality that the DOJ has more documents to release.
>> When will you comply with the law and release all of the files?
>> Um, as, as I said to you when we spoke before, um, we have complied with the law. We have.
>> There are three million more documents. And you know what you said to me? They're all duplicative and they include another guy named Ebstein. Nobody's buying.
>> I did not say that. That's what you said. So look, reclaiming my time, answer. Can I answer the question?
>> Not I just gave you the answer you gave me.
>> No, actually, it's my time, Mr. Chairman. I think those are the rules of this committee. I told him the answer he gave me and now in public he's trying to say something else. Please stop the clock. Can I get that time back? May I have 20 seconds back, Mr. Chairman? Thank you. I very much appreciate that.
>> Do you want, you want me to answer the question?
>> Mr. Blanch, as you know, I visited DOJ three times for as much as 10 hours and I'll be going back. Does the Epstein File Transparency Act say that the file should be available to members of Congress with a minder at DOJ where you, you're in a secure room. You can't uh write on, uh, any of the binders. You can take your own notes. Is that what the Transparency Act says?
>> It doesn't require we allow you to come to DOJ at all. We did that on our own.
>> What does it say in terms of transparency?
>> It says that they should be made publicly available and they were.
>> Am I correct? Publicly available. And they were. Oh, let's talk about that.
>> Okay. Time of the gentle lady has expired.
>> I beg your pardon.
>> And I, I'd actually like to get 20 seconds back. How do I get cut off 2 minutes into this?
>> 2 minutes and 10 seconds.
>> Time of the gentle lady has expired.
>> I beg your pardon, Mr. Chairman.
>> No, that's not.
>> What rules are we operating under?
>> Because he's under a little bit of heat for not prosecuting anyone in these monstrous crimes. I've been in the room. I have been there. This is what we, I had to do to transcribe to show what is true. What is true is that the president has lied about being on Epste Epstein's plane and the unredacted files prove that. There's a lot in here. I am, I am shocked at this. There's also this set of files in the, in the file. This is an investigation into the potential co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein. I almost used up all the blank ink in the hallway because it's all covered up. It's all covered up. The American people are not stupid. They know that when members of Congress have to go in and actually unredact to try to find the truth for these victims, something is corrupt. Something is corrosive.
So, as you can see, Todd Blanch is so shameless, so corrupt that he will just lie outright and pretend that the DOJ has released all the files. He's moved beyond excuses and is just fabricating his own reality. And you might have also noticed that the rest of the GOP is helping to cover up along. In also in that clip was the chair of the House Appropriation Subcommittee, Hal Rogers, trying to rescue Todd Blanch by straight up cutting Representative Dean's questioning just two minutes in. The entire party is in on this cover-up. There is no move too small for these people to pull to somehow in their own small way help perpetuate the cover-up of a pedophile ring and their deity's participation in it.
So look, it would be bad enough that you've got an entire political party in the United States committed to the cover-up of a pedophile ring, but even worse given the fact that they know better. Remember, this is the stuff that they were saying back when they were pandering for your votes.
Everybody has, everybody in politics has a vice that's much worse than alcoholism is, is the way that I put it. Um, but we, we, um.
>> Release the list.
>> Seriously, we need to release the Epstein list. That, that is an important thing.
>> You say that the FBI has Epstein's list. They're sitting on it. That doesn't seem like something you should do. You're protecting the world's foremost predator. That seems like an evil thing to do regardless of who may be embarrassed in the release of that list. Why is the FBI protecting the greatest pedest, um, the largest scale pedoist in human history?
>> Simple. Because of who's on that list.
>> You wondering why we're not hearing more about this Epstein case? I mean, the guy was only connected to just about every major player in the swamp internationally. And yet, you don't hear much about it. And what the hell are they hiding with Jeffrey Epstein?
>> Nice guy. Uh, got a lot of problems coming up in my opinion with the famous island with Jeffrey Epstein. You raised the question of Jeffrey Epstein in your remarks about in the Q&A.
>> I think he's got a problem. I mean, what do you think the problem will be?
>> I, I don't know. But that island was, uh, really a cesspool. There's no question about it. Just ask Prince Andrew. He'll tell you about it. Uh, the island was an absolute cesspool.
The sad truth is that Trump and Republicans clearly never actually cared about Epstein. They just exploited the issue for votes. If they did care, they would use the power that they have with full control of government right now to actually do something about it, to release the full files, to prosecute the co-conspirators, to deliver justice to the victims. Instead, we've gotten excuses, lies, PR stunts, and half measures. It could not be more clear where they stand on this issue if it was tattooed on their foreheads. July 2nd is the deadline. We will be watching.
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