Blanche meets with Epstein accusers after demand from Republican senator crucial to confirmation
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has met with accusers of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following the demand of a Republican senator whose support is crucial to his nomination to lead the Justice Department.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/63722184

After the meeting, Blanche told reporters that he encouraged the accusers to come to the FBI with any information that could help investigators build cases against additional figures tied to Epstein.

But Blanche acknowledged he couldn’t assure them additional prosecutions could be brought. The Justice Department has repeatedly said it will investigate further if new information surfaces, but the government doesn’t currently have evidence to support prosecutions against others in Epstein’s orbit.

“It wasn’t all cordial,” Blanche said of Thursday’s meeting. “Because there’s something that they want that I don’t think I can give them, which is some form of justice. And I want to be able to give justice in the form of prosecutions, and maybe we can do a prosecution at some point,” Blanche said.

But Blanche added, “I don’t know.”

  • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    22 days ago

    Nope. He’s still a Republican, right?

    But he’s not happy. After Cornyn’s full support and 24 years in the Senate, Trump supported his primary challenger. It’s a shiv in the back. They can’t reliably count on Cornyn’s support now any more than the rest of us can. Cornyn might vote for Blanche’s confirmation, and he might vote against it. Depends on how pissed off he is. We won’t know until we know.