{"id":1762,"date":"2026-06-10T22:07:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T22:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=1762"},"modified":"2026-06-10T22:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T22:07:17","slug":"todd-blanche-may-have-torpedoed-his-own-ag-nomination-with-epstein-stunt-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=1762","title":{"rendered":"Todd Blanche may have torpedoed his own AG nomination with Epstein stunt: analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A damning New York Times report released on Wednesday raised new concerns about Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and his involvement with the Epstein files.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=1760\">Republicans move to gut child labor protections<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blanche has come under fire over his role in &#8220;attempting to kill off the Epstein firestorm,&#8221; just days after President Donald Trump formally nominated his former personal lawyer for permanent attorney general, The Daily Beast reported. Now, doubts were raised over whether he could be the top leader of the Justice Department ahead of his Senate confirmation hearing \u2014 and whether he could maintain his independence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Opponents argue he is not fit for the job, pointing to his handling of the Epstein files, which identified numerous victims but kept the names of potential co-conspirators hidden, as well as other controversies, such as Trump\u2019s $1.8 billion &#8216;anti-weaponization&#8217; slush fund and the backroom deal giving the president immunity from continuing IRS audits,&#8221; The Beast reported.<\/p>\n<p>The bombshell reporting from Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan is part of an upcoming book and includes multiple revelations about what happened within the Trump administration and includes Blanche&#8217;s involvement as the then-deputy attorney general under former Attorney General Pam Bondi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Blanche and other Trump aides\u2014including Vice President JD Vance, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Communications Director Steven Cheung and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt\u2014held a panicked meeting in the Situation Room in July last year, desperate to quell the MAGA civil war that had erupted over the administration\u2019s failure to release the Epstein files,&#8221; according to The Beast.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=1758\">Rep uncorks expletive-laden rebuke of Trump in unfiltered interview: \u2018Disgusted\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the meeting, Blanche reportedly offered two potential options.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first was to petition Federal District Courts in Florida and New York to unseal grand jury testimonies related to Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s heinous sex trafficking crimes, as these were unlikely to contain any new information, and therefore, releasing them was unlikely to damage Trump,&#8221; The Beast reported.<\/p>\n<p>Blanche likely knew that getting a federal judge to unseal grand jury material would be a tough move, The Beast reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The second option was to have a Justice Department official interview Epstein\u2019s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, and release the transcript,&#8221; according to The Beast.<\/p>\n<p>Blanche apparently volunteered to sit down with Maxwell. 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