Capitol Hill Eviscerates Todd Blanche Over 3 Million Epstein Files Withheld

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche found himself in the crosshairs of Congress on Tuesday, facing intense scrutiny over the Department of Justice’s handling of the Epstein Files.

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) unleashed a barrage of accusations, claiming the DOJ is sitting on more than 3 million documents linked to the criminal investigation of notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The confrontation ignited when Dean pressed Blanche about his compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a law that sailed through Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support and received the signature of President Donald Trump.

Blanche attempted to deflect, asserting, “As I said to you when we spoke before, we have complied with the law,” but Dean cut him off mid-sentence.

“There are 3 million more documents,” Dean shot back. “And you know what you said to me? They’re all duplicative, and they include another guy named Epstein.”

Blanche denied making that claim, but Dean wouldn’t let him finish. She demanded her time back, asserting her right to speak. “I just gave you the answer you gave me. No, actually, it’s my time, Mr. Chairman,” she insisted. “I told him the answer he gave me, and now in public, he’s trying to say something else.”

Dean escalated her attack, questioning why many unredacted files were accessible only to members of Congress at the DOJ. “What does it say in terms of transparency?” she asked. “It says that they should be made publicly available.”

Blanche countered, “And they were, they were,” but Dean wasn’t buying it.

When her time was declared expired, Dean rejected the ruling outright. “I beg your pardon, Mr. Chairman,” she retorted, brandishing her notes from visits to the DOJ to review the unredacted files. “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’ve been there. This is what I had to do to transcribe to show what is true. What is true is that the president has lied about being on Epstein’s plane, and the unredacted files prove that,” she added.

“What is true is that the president has lied about being on Epstein’s plane, and the unredacted files prove that.”