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A Justice Department attorney was rattled during a hearing this week after federal Judge Emmet Sullivan asked for an update on an order related to a trove of foreign-language documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, former MSNBC host and attorney Katie Phang reported<\/u> Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Phang sued<\/u> Attorney General Todd Blanche in April, arguing the Justice Department (DOJ) failed to fully comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, among the few Epstein files-related lawsuits to gain traction. She won a preliminary injunction<\/u> in June ordering the DOJ to unredact key documents.<\/p>\n

In a hearing earlier this week in Washington, D.C., DOJ attorney Andrew Block was asked for an update by Sullivan on the progress of his order from June to \u201cimmediately initiate review and production\u201d of select Epstein-related documents.<\/p>\n

Reporting on the hearing, Phang described Block\u2019s reaction to Sullivan\u2019s question: \u201cTurning red, stammering, hemming and hawing, and eventually failing to answer the Court thereby confirming what we all suspected, which was the DOJ has not even begun the process of translating and reviewing the foreign-language documents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sullivan pressed Block for specifics, asking the DOJ attorney \u201chow many pages\u201d his agency had left to review and produce for public viewing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have a number,\u201d Block responded, according to Phang.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you knew this was going to be discussed today. You\u2019re at the podium as counsel for the Attorney General,\u201d Sullivan responded.<\/p>\n

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According to Phang, Block told Sullivan that the DOJ\u2019s position \u201chasn\u2019t changed,\u201d to which Sullivan fired back: \u201cThe Government\u2019s position then is you\u2019re just not going to comply [with my court order]?\u201d<\/p>\n

In a write-up of the hearing, Phang expressed her shock over the DOJ\u2019s open defiance in the face of an order from a federal judge.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn June 26, 2026, Judge Sullivan entered an order granting my Motion for Preliminary Injunction, directing Todd Blanche to \u2018immediately initiate review and production of foreign-language materials that may be subject to production under the Epstein Files Transparency Act,\u2019\u201d Phang wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of today, August 15, 2026, that hasn\u2019t happened. And consider that language as compared to some of the other areas of that preliminary injunction order: the court didn\u2019t give Blanche an \u2018out\u2019 to explain why he couldn\u2019t do the translations; the court ordered him to \u2018immediately initiate review and production.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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