{"id":1236,"date":"2026-07-16T20:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2026-07-16T20:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:09:18","slug":"senators-pressure-todd-blanche-to-meet-with-epstein-abuse-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1236","title":{"rendered":"Senators Pressure Todd Blanche to Meet With Epstein Abuse Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faced mounting pressure Thursday to meet with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s abuse, with questions about Blanche\u2019s handling of the release of the late sex offender\u2019s investigative files dominating the second day of his confirmation hearing to lead the Justice Department.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1232\">More Democrats Are Talking About Minimum Wage Going Into 2028<\/a><\/p><p>Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) said at the hearing that he wanted Blanche to sit down with the survivors before he would vote to advance his attorney general nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He said there \u201cshould not be any reason\u201d for Blanche not to arrange the meeting within the next two weeks \u2014 the earliest the committee could hold a vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to get to \u2018yes,\u2019 but this is a very important part of getting to \u2018yes,\u2019\u201d Tillis said.<\/p><p>Tillis is one of two Republicans on the committee who have not committed to voting for Blanche, who faces a narrow path to confirmation. The other, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, told reporters Thursday that he remained undecided and agreed \u201cit would be good\u201d for Blanche to meet with the survivors.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Members of Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on.\" class=\"wp-image-1140\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a83d84194055dedfdd98b2e70239cb6c-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a83d84194055dedfdd98b2e70239cb6c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a83d84194055dedfdd98b2e70239cb6c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a83d84194055dedfdd98b2e70239cb6c.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_3026 copy.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1225\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ab26b68a0382926b52ae8dce6ae08a52-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ab26b68a0382926b52ae8dce6ae08a52-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ab26b68a0382926b52ae8dce6ae08a52-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ab26b68a0382926b52ae8dce6ae08a52.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n<u>Dana Milbank:<\/u> Noise Pollution Threatens the Countryside. I Fought Back \u2014 Loudly\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sen. Bill Cassidy\" class=\"wp-image-1235\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/69478be833f252517e6fd247ff51e57a-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/69478be833f252517e6fd247ff51e57a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/69478be833f252517e6fd247ff51e57a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/69478be833f252517e6fd247ff51e57a.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Trump Resumed the Iran War. Republicans Are Rattled.\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"U.S. Congress\" class=\"wp-image-1201\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/099b5a920f94a266b0d960ccd9170ea6-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/099b5a920f94a266b0d960ccd9170ea6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/099b5a920f94a266b0d960ccd9170ea6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/099b5a920f94a266b0d960ccd9170ea6.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Rep. Fine Vows to Vote Against House Rules Over Feud With Trump Adviser\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a terrible situation because nobody can go back and fix what happened to these poor people,\u201d Cornyn said. \u201cBut I\u2019m happy to have him meet with them.\u201d<\/p><p>As deputy attorney general, Blanche oversaw the Justice Department\u2019s release of millions of documents from the government\u2019s investigation into Epstein, who died in federal custody in 2019 while facing federal sex-trafficking charges. The department \u2014 and Blanche himself \u2014 faced broad criticism for failing to redact names and identifying details of some victims, many of whom said the exposure retraumatized them and subjected them to threats and harassment.<\/p><p>Blanche\u2019s refusal to meet with survivors emerged as a flashpoint <span><u>during questioning Wednesday<\/u><\/span> by ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois). Durbin tried to extract a pledge that Blanche would sit down with survivors, several of whom attended both days of the hearing, within 30 days.<\/p><p>In response, Blanche initially said he was barred by ethical rules from meeting with survivors who had lawyers and offered instead for them to meet with a Justice Department staffer who had extensive experience prosecuting sex crimes. He said the meeting could occur as early as that day. As Durbin continued to press him, he briefly indicated he may sit with them, but did not appear to offer a definitive answer.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request to confirm the identity of the staffer Blanche mentioned and clarify Blanche\u2019s statements.<\/p><p>Blanche did not testify at Thursday\u2019s hearing. The committee heard from five witnesses, including a survivor of Epstein\u2019s abuse, Dani Bensky, who testified that she and other survivors had repeatedly asked to meet with Blanche, to no avail.<\/p><p>\u201cTodd Blanche has never attempted to listen to us, the crime victims,\u201d Bensky said.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1228\">Trump\u2019s Teleprompter Operator Is Accused of Betting on the President\u2019s Speeches<\/a><\/p><p>Fighting back tears at times, Bensky said Wednesday was the first time since the Epstein file release began last year that Blanche had ever floated the possibility of a meeting. \u201cHe simply ignored us for the past eight months,\u201d she said. No one from the Justice Department had contacted her as of Thursday, she added.<\/p><p>She blasted Blanche for spending two days interviewing Epstein\u2019s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, before the Justice Department transferred Maxwell to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas known for its lax conditions. Blanche, she said, had treated the file release as a \u201cpolitical crisis\u201d and prioritized \u201creputational harm to the administration over survivors.\u201d<\/p><p>Bensky\u2019s testimony also shed light on the department\u2019s errors in redacting the files, which were supposed to be scrubbed of victims\u2019 names and personal details. Her name and other information, including her phone number and old address, turned up in three batches of documents, she said.<\/p>\n<p>By the third batch, she said, \u201cit was hard to believe that this was not intentional.\u201d<\/p><p>The committee also heard emotional testimony from one of the Republicans\u2019 witnesses, Jennifer Bos, who spoke about how the body of her daughter was found in a container near the Illinois home of a Mexican man whom federal immigration officials say was in the country illegally.<\/p><p>The suspect, Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, was initially released pending trial on state charges of concealing a body, then rearrested by federal authorities on charges including abuse of a corpse.<\/p><p>Bos praised Blanche for investigating her daughter\u2019s death and said she trusted him to prevent future tragedies. \u201cThe justice that we\u2019re seeking now is the assurance that their deaths won\u2019t be ignored and won\u2019t be in vain,\u201d she said. \u201cI 100% believe Todd Blanche will be the one who will deliver that justice.\u201d<\/p><p>Republicans also brought in former Attorney General John Ashcroft to testify in favor of Blanche.<\/p><p>The move had high symbolic value: During the George W. Bush administration, Ashcroft famously defied pressure from the White House officials to reauthorize a controversial domestic surveillance program while recovering from surgery in a hospital bed. His appearance seemed to be an effort to quell accusations from Democrats that Blanche was appointed to do President Donald Trump\u2019s bidding.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1226\">Trump Fires U.S. Attorney in Seattle Within 60 Minutes of His Appointment<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Sen. 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