Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche faced tough questions on Tuesday during an interview on Katie Miller's podcast, defending the Department of Justice's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. The conversation came a day before Blanche and Attorney General Pam Bondi are set to appear before the House Oversight Committee for a closed-door hearing on Epstein files.
Miller, wife of Homeland Security adviser Stephen Miller, pressed Blanche on whether he believed the DOJ had failed victims. Blanche responded, 'No, not in any way, shape or form. When I hear this narrative that we are letting down victims... I want to make sure people know that every day we fight for victims.' He highlighted the release of 3.5 million government documents under the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act.
On the circumstances of Epstein's death, ruled a suicide by a coroner, Blanche stated that all 'available evidence' pointed to suicide. Miller challenged him on incomplete security camera footage from the night of Epstein's death, asking, 'Do the cameras in the jail fail frequently or just in this specific case?' Blanche conceded, 'That's a good question. And it's one of the failures.'
Miller also raised the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, which Blanche noted had been 'debunked repeatedly by law enforcement.' Miller countered, 'Sure, it was totally debunked. And then you look at what happened with Epstein... And then you begin to think, 'Hmm, maybe things aren't a real conspiracy theory?''
Regarding the release of Epstein files, Blanche insisted all documents were public, rejecting claims that 3 million pages were withheld. On potential prosecutions of Epstein's associates, Blanche said, 'When it comes to the trafficking of underage women, there's no statute of limitations. So this case is never closed.' He invited anyone with evidence to come forward to the FBI.
