Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a flat guarantee on Sunday: the Department of Justice will release every single document and photograph featuring President Trump found within the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press, Blanche faced direct questioning from moderator Kristen Welker regarding whether the administration might shield the President by withholding specific mentions or images. His response was categorical.
“Yes, yes, I’ve said it three, four times now,” Blanche said. He emphasized that the President has maintained a consistent stance on the matter since the campaign trail. “He said the same thing, ‘I have nothing to hide.’”
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However, Blanche was careful to draw a line between presence in the documents and complicity in Epstein’s operations. He acknowledged that while the President is indeed “in the Epstein files,” it does not imply involvement in illegal activity.
“It’s not because he had anything to do with the horrific crimes, full stop,” Blanche noted.
The Deputy Attorney General clarified that the only redactions the public should expect involve the identities of victims and survivors, which will be protected.
The pledge for full transparency comes as the Justice Department faces intense scrutiny over a chaotic rollout. After a segment of files was released on Friday and Saturday, controversy erupted when multiple outlets reported that 16 specific files—including photographs of President Trump—were abruptly scrubbed from the DOJ website.
The DOJ later stated that those materials were pulled for further review “in an abundance of caution” as they processed additional information.
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The administrative delays have drawn sharp criticism from Capitol Hill. Representatives Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA), who spearheaded the bipartisan legislative push to unseal the records, have publicly blasted the administration for the slow pace and partial nature of the releases.
Despite the friction, Blanche indicated the process is ramping up.
He told Fox News that the department is managing a massive cache, with “several hundred thousand” documents already in the pipeline and hundreds of thousands more expected to drop over the next few weeks. The primary hold-up, he insisted, remains the painstaking work of redacting names to protect witnesses.
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