Trump Goon Scrambles in Last-Minute Late-Night Epstein Files Drama

[Uncle Joe]

KICK THE CAN
Todd Blanche says he can’t risk naming the pedophile’s victims publicly despite his department doing it countless times since last year.

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Trump’s order allows officials to redact documents to protect victims’ identities. Many of the omissions, critics say, have instead protected Epstein’s alleged accomplices. A review by The Wall Street Journal found the published documents featured at least 43 victims’ full names.

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Phang’s suit argues that Blanche’s refusal is illegal in several respects. Among other things, she notes the department has redacted the identities of recipients and senders on an email thread in which Epstein discussed a “torture video” and having sex with underage girls.

District Judge Emmet Sullivan, a George W. Bush appointee, is presiding over the lawsuit. He ordered Blanche last Thursday to either produce the unredacted material Phang has requested or explain exactly why Blanche believes he’s allowed to withhold it.

Sullivan noted that Blanche had, by that point, made a number of procedural maneuvers to get the case dismissed while failing to “respond substantively to any of the arguments” laid out in the suit.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-acting-attorney-general-todd-blanche-tries-to-dodge-further-release-of-jeffrey-epstein-files/