Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) called out interim Attorney General Todd Blanche for dismissing any further release of files on the late convicted sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein.
“I was not impressed by some of the comments this week that the DOJ would have no further interest in arresting anyone related to trafficking and the Epstein cases,” Mace said on Fox News on Saturday. “That was very disappointing to hear. I want women across the country to know that we care and that we will get to the bottom.”
Blanche, formerly Trump’s personal defense lawyer, took over as acting attorney general following Pam Bondi’s removal earlier this week. Several of Epstein’s survivors released a joint statement expressing that Bondi “failed” them through her department’s botched handling of the release of the files, “leaving millions of pages withheld from the public,” and pointing out redaction errors.
The survivors said they “stand ready to work together toward a more rigorous and transparent process moving forward,” calling for meaningful transparency and accountability for past mistakes.
On Thursday, Blanche, who defended Trump’s relationship with the convicted sex abuser, distanced the DOJ from the Epstein files, claiming the department has “made every single congressman, senator available to come and see any document redacted, unredacted, that they want.”
