Tell Our Senators: Reject Todd Blanche for Attorney General.

Todd Blanche is heading into his confirmation hearings with a federal judge’s ruling hanging over him: the DOJ he leads effectively conceded it is violating federal law governing the Epstein files.

Blanche should be subpoenaed, not confirmed.

Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act because the records should not be buried to protect powerful people. Blanche’s obligation was clear: protect victims’ identities and release what the law requires. He had authority over the department’s handling of the Epstein files, including the redactions, missed deadlines, stonewalling, and courtroom refusal to substantively answer claims that DOJ broke the law.

Instead, his DOJ fought transparency until a federal judge stepped in.

The judge’s conclusion was damning: “The Attorney General has conceded that he is in violation of the [law].”

Then there is Ghislaine Maxwell. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said Maxwell’s transfer has “the appearance of a political favor orchestrated by Acting Attorney General Blanche.”

This is not an independent law enforcement official. This is Trump’s fixer abusing government power.

The Senate cannot rubber-stamp a man whose DOJ has been accused of violating federal law, whose handling of the Epstein files is already under court scrutiny, whose meeting with Maxwell raises serious questions of special treatment, and whose record shows loyalty to Trump over the law.

People for the American Way

Senator Ted Budd
DC: 202-224-3154
Asheville: 828-333-4130
https://www.budd.senate.gov/contact/

Senator Thom Tillis
DC: 202-224-6342
Hendersonville: 828-693-8750
https://www.tillis.senate.gov/email-me