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Blanche says DOJ won’t release full Epstein files to Congress by Friday deadline
The Hill ^ | 12/19/2025 | Rebecca Beitsch

Posted on 12/19/2025 8:37:31 AM PST by thegagline

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Department of Justice (DOJ) would not be releasing the full Epstein files to Congress on Friday as required under new legislation, instead sending over a partial batch.

Blanche told Fox News the Justice Department would release “several hundred thousand” documents on Friday, “and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more.”

Blanche attributed the delay to the need to redact any names or identifying information about witnesses, but failing to turn over the full unclassified files could run afoul of the law, which gave the department 30 days to share the files with Congress. “So today is the 30 days when I expect that we’re going to release several hundred thousand documents today. And those documents will come in in all different forms, photographs and other materials associated with, with all of the investigations into, into Mr. Epstein,” Blanche said. “What we’re doing is we are looking at every single piece of paper that we are going to produce, making sure that every victim, their name, their identity, their story, to the extent it needs to be protected, is completely protected. And so I expect that we’re going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks.”

DOJ was compelled to turn over the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a bill that got near-unanimous support in Congress, signed into law after President Trump reversed his earlier stance opposing their release. While the bill does allow for redactions related to victims and for DOJ to withhold some information about the investigation,

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: andlies; corruption; datamining; democrats; dumbingdownfr; epstein; epsteindistraction; epsteinobsessed; epsteinobsession; epsteinsmear; power; randpaulsucks; trollfarm
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If you guessed slow walking, shucking and jiving, you win. Please hold onto your “redacted” wager tickets as they will also be winners.
1 posted on 12/19/2025 8:37:31 AM PST by thegagline
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To: thegagline

Ah... C’mon... Can’t we see at least one more photo of Epstein with somebody famous that proves absolutely nothing???


2 posted on 12/19/2025 8:41:06 AM PST by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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3 posted on 12/19/2025 8:41:23 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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4 posted on 12/19/2025 8:48:15 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Democrats seek power through cheating and assassination. They are sociopaths. They just want power.)
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To: thegagline

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.


5 posted on 12/19/2025 9:05:48 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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“DOJ must report to Congress (1) all categories of information released and withheld, (2) a summary of any redactions made, and (3) a list of all government officials and politically exposed individuals named or referenced in the published materials.”

This, “We would rather not ...” stuff is straight from the democrat playbook.


6 posted on 12/19/2025 9:08:45 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: jerod

lol! that’s how I feel. Out of all the problems in the world, this is just a distraction. Some people think that if you ever were in the vicinity of Epstein, or flew on this plane then you are a pedophile. What a silly Country we have become. On the other hand, the more they delay, the more I get the feeling that maybe there is embarrassing stuff in there. Maybe they are waiting for Bill Clinton to die.


7 posted on 12/19/2025 9:10:16 AM PST by Hildy
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This is so unfair to the poor men that were kidnapped and forced to fly to Epstein Island against their will.

Lol.


8 posted on 12/19/2025 9:16:27 AM PST by cgbg (The master is nice only when the dog behaves as expected.)
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To: thegagline

Todd Blanche is clearly a political point man at the DOJ the guy doing the dirty work running the show IMHO.

Is Pam Bondi his Barbie Doll?


9 posted on 12/19/2025 9:23:53 AM PST by Nextrush ( 'FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS" REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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The Epstein Estate emails have Epstein writing speeches about bombing Syria back in 2013.

Donald Trump did that twice in his first term.

In 2018 Steve Bannon is told by Epstein that getting rid of Fed Chair Jerome Powell is more important than Syria.

And who’s been going after Powell ever since he got back in the White House.

I see Jeffrey Epstein influencing Trump Administration policy based on those emails...

https://nextrushfree.blogspot.com/2025/12/jeffrey-epstein-human-trafficker.html


10 posted on 12/19/2025 9:27:43 AM PST by Nextrush ( 'FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS" REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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There was a picture of Epstein with Andrew...but media "cleverly" cut off Joe Biden...pic was in London..

Saw the full pic elsewhere.

11 posted on 12/19/2025 9:48:00 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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Epstein files? What are Epstein files??

I’ve not forgotten what Trump said about Epstein files and conservatives that think they exist...

” Weaklings, past suporters,troublemakers and radical left lunatics.”

It’s “bullshit” and we “should not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein”.​


12 posted on 12/19/2025 9:51:11 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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There are no files to release, Kash, Dan, and Pam told us.


13 posted on 12/19/2025 10:00:13 AM PST by itsahoot
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To: thegagline

Has Boasberg, the circus clown weighed in yet?


14 posted on 12/19/2025 10:03:01 AM PST by Fireone (1. Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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😂


15 posted on 12/19/2025 10:20:05 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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Awesome. So now we have to deal with the left saying that “The FBI is slow-walking these because they can’t redact Trump’s name from the documents fast enough” for the next month.


16 posted on 12/19/2025 10:37:40 AM PST by FrankRizzo890
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Here is just one of the returns/inventories pertaining to Epstein

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17 posted on 12/19/2025 10:44:15 AM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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To: Fireone

Whatever his flaws, he’s not part of this charade.


18 posted on 12/19/2025 10:47:06 AM PST by Miami Rebel
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To: Miami Rebel

Yet.


19 posted on 12/19/2025 11:20:29 AM PST by Fireone (1. Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: thegagline

Something evil and wrong is going on here.

I don’t know what it is.

But the whole Epstein saga stinks top to bottom, front to back.


20 posted on 12/19/2025 12:09:39 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Deport all evil muslims. Celebrate any good Muslims, if you can find them.)
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