WASHINGTON — Performing Lawyer Common Todd Blanche was adamant Tuesday that the Justice Division has “launched all the things” it has on late intercourse predator Jeffrey Epstein, as the highest Home Oversight Committee Democrat threatened to carry former AG Pam Bondi in contempt for declining to testify concerning the information.
“We now have launched all the things. We’re not sitting on a single piece of paper. If we didn’t launch it, it’s as a result of it was not conscious of the regulation,” Blanche, 51, instructed Fox Information’ “America’s Newsroom” of the DOJ’s obligation beneath the Epstein Recordsdata Transparency Act.
“So the misguided assumption that there’s extra to be launched is as a result of we reviewed tens of millions and tens of millions of pages throughout the division, tens of millions of which had nothing to do with Epstein.”
The DOJ claims to have combed by way of greater than 6 million pages of fabric whereas scrambling to adjust to the regulation enacted by President Trump in November.
Since then, shut to three.5 million supplies, together with 1000’s of movies and tens of 1000’s of photographs, have been launched.
“By regulation, we needed to make sure redactions … together with of victims and of P.I. info,” Blanche stated. “However we stated to Congress, any congressman can are available in and spend as a lot time as they need taking a look at all the things unredacted.”
Because of the redactions and issues about delayed compliance with the Epstein Recordsdata Transparency Act, the Home Oversight Committee subpoenaed Bondi to testify concerning the matter final month.
Bondi, who was fired by Trump April 2, declined to indicate for her scheduled deposition six days later, prompting rating member Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) to threaten contempt proceedings.
“Pam Bondi is evading a lawful congressional subpoena by failing to look earlier than the Oversight Committee for a deposition concerning the Epstein information and the White Home cover-up,” Garcia stated in an announcement.
“This subpoena applies to her no matter her title. She should seem earlier than the Committee, and if she continues to disregard the regulation, Oversight Democrats will transfer ahead with contempt proceedings instantly,” he added. “We are going to struggle till there’s true accountability and justice.”
Contempt of Congress for failure to adjust to a subpoena can result in as much as one 12 months of jail time and fines of as much as $100,000. Each the committee and the complete Home should vote to carry Bondi in contempt and refer her for potential prosecution.
Final week, Committee Chairman James Comer’s (R-Ky.) spokesperson stated his staff was reaching out to Bondi’s “private counsel to debate subsequent steps relating to scheduling her deposition.”
Bondi had been closely criticized — together with by White Home Chief of Workers Susie Wiles — over her dealing with of the Epstein case.
She instructed Fox Information in February 2025 {that a} checklist of Epstein’s “shoppers” was “sitting on my desk proper now to overview.” Days later, she welcomed influencers to the White Home and introduced them with binders titled “The Epstein Recordsdata: Part 1,” which backfired when visitors realized the knowledge was already public.
That July, the DOJ and FBI issued a joint memo claiming “no additional disclosure can be acceptable or warranted” — drawing sustained bipartisan pushback that led to the Epstein Recordsdata Transparency Act.
Wiles instructed Self-importance Truthful in an interview revealed in December that Bondi “utterly whiffed” the DOJ’s launch of investigative supplies on Epstein.
“First she gave them binders filled with nothingness,” Wiles instructed writer Chris Whipple. “After which she stated that the witness checklist, or the consumer checklist, was on her desk. There is no such thing as a consumer checklist, and it certain as hell wasn’t on her desk.”
