Blanche defends Epstein file review in Senate AG hearing
What's new: Blanche said the DOJ would bring charges if new evidence emerges and called a proposed $1.8 billion fund "dead."
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the Justice Department’s handling of Jeffrey Epstein records during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday as he sought confirmation to keep the job permanently. Blanche acknowledged redaction errors in the release of millions of files, saying the department moved quickly to correct records that exposed survivors’ personal information and images. He said the DOJ had spoken with more than 30 representatives for victims and asked survivors and their lawyers to meet with the FBI. Blanche also said prosecutors would indict additional people if new evidence surfaced, a shift from a July 2025 FBI-DOJ memo that found no basis to pursue uncharged individuals. Separately, he confirmed a proposed $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” is no longer moving forward.