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"We are doing everything we're supposed to be doing to comply with this statute," Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
What’s Happening
So get this: “We are doing everything we’re supposed to be doing to comply with this statute,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was defiant in the face of potential legal consequences over not fully releasing the Justice Department’s files related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Recommended Video In an interview Sunday with NBC’s Meet the Press with Kristen Welker , he was asked about comments from members of Congress exploring possible impeachment or contempt charges and whether he takes the threats seriously. (shocking, we know)
Bring it on,” Blanche replied.
The Details
“We are doing everything we’re supposed to be doing to comply with this statute. ” The Epstein Files Transparency Act required the Trump administration to release all the Epstein files some exceptions to protect victims’ information.
But the documents that have come out only represent a small fraction of the total , and many of them are heavily redacted. Ro Khanna, one of the leaders behind the overwhelmingly bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act, to warn that the Justice Department wasn’t complying with the law.
Why This Matters
Thomas Massie, who also led the push to release the Epstein files, dropped in a socials post that a future DOJ could convict Attorney General Pam Bondi and others, adding “THEY ARE FLAUNTING LAW. ” On Friday, Khanna dropped he and Massie have already kicked off working on drafting articles of impeachment and inherent contempt against Bondi, though they haven’t decided yet whether to move forward. “Impeachment is a political decision and is there the support in the House of Representatives?
Market watchers are paying close attention to developments like this.
The Bottom Line
I mean Massie and I aren’t going to just do something for the show of it,” Khanna told CNN . On Sunday, Blanche dropped that members of Congress criticizing DOJ’s efforts “have no idea what they’re talking about,” explaining that there are about a million pages of documents, and “virtually all of them contain victim information” that must be protected.
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Originally reported by Fortune
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