{"id":339,"date":"2026-06-10T20:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=339"},"modified":"2026-06-10T20:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:44:21","slug":"comer-wants-todd-blanche-to-testify-on-the-epstein-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=339","title":{"rendered":"Comer Wants Todd Blanche to Testify on the Epstein Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky), the chair of the influential House Oversight Committee, told reporters Wednesday that he is pushing to have acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testify in front of the panel this summer about his handling of the release of millions of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=337\">Republicans\u2019 ActBlue Probe Could Derail Campaign Finance Reform<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The testimony comes at a tough time for Blanche, who was tapped by President Donald Trump last week to lead the Department of Justice on a permanent basis and is <span><u>facing a high-stakes confirmation<\/u><\/span> battle in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Blanche can\u2019t lose any Republican support if he wants to stay atop the DOJ. To advance his nomination to the full chamber, he faces a tight vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is split 12-10 between Republicans and Democrats. A deadlocked vote would kill his confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether there are the votes to move him through the committee, I don\u2019t know the answer to that,\u201d Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), a member of the Judiciary Committee, said last week. Any unflattering news cycle created by his testimony could present problems.<\/p>\n<p>Blanche will need to get the approval of Sen. Thom Tillis, a retiring North Carolina Republican who has repeatedly broken with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe key for Todd, or anybody going through Judiciary Committee, is being pretty tight on Jan. 6. They better not have said for one minute that the people that beat up police officers \u2026 were righteous people,\u201d Tillis <span><u>said<\/u><\/span> last week. \u201cYou come even close to saying that, you don\u2019t have a [chance] of getting my vote in Judiciary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=335\">Bill Gates Says Epstein Tried to Blackmail Him<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comer told reporters Wednesday that he\u2019s been communicating with the Justice Department and that he hopes Blanche will appear before the House committee in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main thing that we have for Blanche is the question on what, if any documents are left out there,\u201d Comer said. \u201cSo that\u2019s the main question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comer\u2019s call for Blanche to testify comes after former Attorney General Pam Bondi told the Oversight Committee in a recent  that Blanche was responsible for overseeing the release of the Epstein files.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats on the committee have also been eager for Blanche to appear.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Robert Garcia (D-California), the ranking member on Oversight, told reporters that Democratic members also want Blanche to testify \u2014 even more so than Bondi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not enough to just get Blanche in,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cWe have to have Blanche under oath, it\u2019s got to be videotaped and released to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=333\">DCCC Backed a Losing Candidate \u2014 and Some Democrats Are Thrilled<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The DOJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The acting attorney general is currently facing a high-stakes confirmation battle in the Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-congress"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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