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Uncle Joe

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Fri May 29, 2026, 11:16 PM Friday

Bondi points finger at Blanche in House interview on Epstein files

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“What you are going to hear in that interview, and what she’s saying here in her words and remarks is that it was Todd Blanche, the current acting AG, that was leading the Epstein investigation, and quite frankly, all of the mistakes that we saw, the redactions not protecting survivors, she continues to push that back on to the acting AG, Todd Blanche,” Rep. Robert Garcia (Calif.), the top Democrat on the panel, told reporters.

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“Every single one of our questions got one of three responses: No. 1, ‘Not to my recollection,’ or ‘I don’t know.’ No. 2, ‘Talk with Todd Blanche; I don’t know anything about it,’ and No. 3, ‘I am not talking about Donald Trump,’” Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) told reporters.

After Bondi repeatedly pointed the finger at both Blanche and Patel, Garcia said the panel’s Democrats would soon move to subpoena them.

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“First and foremost, if Pam Bondi was complying with a congressional deposition to testify under oath, Department of Justice attorneys would not be intervening and essentially trying to stop her from answering basic questions about her conversations with Donald Trump with the administration and trying to claim that she does not have to answer questions,” said Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.).

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5901582-bondi-blanche-oversight-interview-epstein/

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