Bondi’s Replacement Tries to End Trump's Epstein Nightmare
President Donald Trump's new acting attorney general insists that the Department of Justice has to move on from the Epstein files -- while denying that the issue cost his former boss her job.
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... In an interview with Fox News' Jesse Watters on Thursday, Blanche was asked, "Now, the Epstein files, you'd agree, not handled well?" Stumbling over his words initially, Blanche replied, "First of all, I have never heard President Trump say the attorney general was... anything that happened to her had anything to do with the Epstein files." Blanche dismissed the Epstein files as "a saga that has lasted for the entire past year" before referencing the transparency act Trump eventually signed to release the files, following intense pressure and a near-unanimous bipartisan vote in Congress. "The Department of Justice has now released all the files with respect to the Epstein saga," Blanche continued, noting he and Bondi had "voluntarily" appeared in front of Congress as part of a hearing into the release of the documents. During that hearing, Bondi refused to turn to face Epstein survivors behind her. ...
Stumbling over his words initially, Blanche replied, "First of all, I have never heard President Trump say the attorney general was... anything that happened to her had anything to do with the Epstein files."
Blanche dismissed the Epstein files as "a saga that has lasted for the entire past year" before referencing the transparency act Trump eventually signed to release the files, following intense pressure and a near-unanimous bipartisan vote in Congress.
"The Department of Justice has now released all the files with respect to the Epstein saga," Blanche continued, noting he and Bondi had "voluntarily" appeared in front of Congress as part of a hearing into the release of the documents. During that hearing, Bondi refused to turn to face Epstein survivors behind her. ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-03 06:51 PM | Reply
@#1
My guess...
Acting AG Blanche may be in for a rude awakening. ...
#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-03 06:52 PM | Reply
Trump weighs more Cabinet changes after Bondi ouster www.politico.com
... President Donald Trump has expressed frustration and disappointment with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer -- and is pondering making additional changes to his Cabinet. "He's very angry and he's going to be moving people," an administration official familiar with the dynamics told POLITICO. That official and three other people with knowledge of Trump's thinking around his Cabinet were granted anonymity to discuss the unresolved personnel issues. The additional potential moves follow the ouster of Attorney General Pam Bondi Thursday and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last month. ...
"He's very angry and he's going to be moving people," an administration official familiar with the dynamics told POLITICO. That official and three other people with knowledge of Trump's thinking around his Cabinet were granted anonymity to discuss the unresolved personnel issues.
The additional potential moves follow the ouster of Attorney General Pam Bondi Thursday and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last month. ...
#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-03 07:31 PM | Reply
He's very angry
Look out. It's President Joffrey!
#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-03 07:39 PM | Reply
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