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A Todd Blanche-led DoJ likely to derail Epstein survivors’ pursuit of justice, experts say (www.theguardian.com)

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As Donald Trump’s former defense lawyer Todd Blanche appears poised for confirmation as attorney general, numerous Jeffrey Epstein survivors have sounded the alarm that a US justice department helmed by him would derail their pursuit of justice.

In a letter urging Republican senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn to reject his nomination, these survivors said that Blanche’s handling of the Epstein case as acting attorney general was characterized by misstep after misstep.

Blanche, who reportedly led the disclosure of documents as required by the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act, allowed the disclosure of survivors’ names, photos and identifying information – but omitted the names of accused abusers and enablers, they said.

While more than 1,000 teenage girls and women were abused, not a single person other than Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell faced charges, they noted. And in a recent sit-down with survivors at Tillis’s urging, survivors “received an hour of deflection, interruption and gaslighting,” they said.

These survivors’ concerns about Blanche by no means exist in a vacuum, and have only fanned the flames of a controversy that has dogged Trump since he again took office.

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ahh, the Department of Injustice. They are like movie villains.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Worse, because movie villains aren't this monotonously banal: NO ONE would pay to watch anyone do this merely as entertainment. It's all stupid and boring and pointless, just so the rich can sate their sick hungers on the young of other people.

Which isn't to say that they're not getting paid for this justice kabuki at the DoJ, they absolutely are. But it's not for their acting skills.