BREAKING: BOMBSHELL new ruling on Epstein files

Some major breaking news here as it. relates to the Epstein files, and it is. not great for the White House or acting. Attorney General Todd Blanche. Today, a. federal judge, US District Judge Emmett. Sullivan, issued a ruling finding that. Blanche effectively admitted to. violating the law when it comes to the. Epstein files. And I want to be precise. here because the judge's words speak for. themselves. Sullivan wrote in his. opinion, quote, the Attorney General. does not respond substantively to any of. these arguments. The Attorney General. has conceded that he is in violation of.

the act. Not the judge found a. violation, not the evidence suggests a. violation, the Attorney General of the. United States, the nation's top law. enforcement officer, conceded the. violation by not even bothering to argue. against it. He didn't respond, he didn't. push back, he just didn't show up to. defend himself because he can't. So, here's the quick background. Congress. passed the Epstein Files Transparency. Act in November 2025 by a vote of 427 to. 1, nearly unanimous. Trump himself.

signed the law. It required the DOJ to. release all the unclassified Epstein. files and detailed redaction log by. December 19th, 2025. They missed that. deadline, released documents in waves. that were heavily redacted, we're. talking hundreds of pages entirely. blacked out, and then had the audacity. to declare in January that they had. fulfilled their legal obligations. Now, that claim received enormous pushback, including from members of Congress who. had actually reviewed the files, with. some reports suggesting that the full.

Epstein files have over 6 million pages, while the DOJ managed to release only 3. million. So, independent journalist. Katie Phang sued the DOJ in April, accusing the administration of a brazen. violation of the act, specifically that. they were improperly redacting names of. co-defendants in a draft indictment, names of potential co-conspirators, and. FBI interview notes with a woman who. alleged that Epstein introduced her to. Trump in the 1980s when she was 13 years. old, and that Trump had assaulted her. Judge Sullivan agreed with Fang and has.

now given Blanche until July 2nd, so. just a week from now, to release that. information or provide a detailed. justification for every single. redaction. Now, Katie Fang's attorney put it. plainly, quote, "The government ignored. its own law and blew off a judge's. order, all for the sake of protecting. the very powerful and very rich. Doing. so has consequences, and now the public. will finally get transparency around. Jeffrey Epstein and his network." In. fact, Fang herself spoke out about the. decision here.

>> I, Katie Fang, private citizen, have. standing to be able to get Todd Blanche. as the acting Attorney General of the. Department of Justice to be able to. comply with Judge Sullivan's order, which is now telling him that on or. before July 2nd, he either has to put up. or shut up. He either has to bring forth. unredacted files or show cause as to why. he should not or cannot do so. But I. have identified, Ben, specific areas in.

the Epstein files. Number one, redactions that have been made to. senders and recipients' names and email. addresses for some of the most egregious. egregious email communications with. Jeffrey Epstein, talking about little. girls being naughty, things like that. Judge Sullivan says, "Those identities. have to be disclosed." Number two, the. FBI interview notes for the victim who. was alleged that when she was 13 years. old, she was physically and sexually.

abused by Donald Trump. Judge Sullivan. has said that Todd Blanche must produce. those or show cause as to why that he. should not have to do so. The foreign. language documents in the Epstein files. act that the Department of Justice did. didn't bother to do interpretations or. translations of. Judge Sullivan said, "You have to produce those. The names in two internal DOJ documents. that identify the. co-conspirators/co-defendants.

that were going to be a part of that. proposed indictment in the Southern. District of Florida that never. materialized cuz it was never produced. or presented to the grand jury. Instead, Epstein got his sweetheart plea deal. with the state authorities. Judge. Sullivan says that those identities of. those co-conspirators and co-defendants. must be revealed. And lastly, there was the redaction log that the. Epstein Files Transparency Act required. the DOJ to produce contemporaneously. with the rollout of these files. It was.

supposed to identify the grounds. underneath this law as to why they were. withholding or redacting certain bits of. information. The DOJ wiped his ass with. it, Ben, and did not produce that at. all. Judge Sullivan said, "You better do. it and start it now. If not, there's. going to be consequences." I mean, this. is a big deal, Ben. This judge says, "I. have informational harm and economic. harm." But you know what the best part. about this order is? It says. that Blanche must produce, quote, "to.

the public.". Not to just Ms. Frank, but to the. public. And this is why I brought this. lawsuit in the beginning. We needed this. transparency as the American public, and. we had to force the DOJ to have to do. this. >> And here's where I want to train your. attention to something important. The. DOJ's response to this ruling was to. say, and I'm not making this up, that. Sullivan's finding was, quote, "a. perverse interpretation of the law, and. that Blanche, quote, has not conceded. anything." Which is a fascinating.

defense for a guy who literally did not. respond to the allegations. That's like. saying you didn't lose a tennis match. because you never showed up. Buddy, that's how you lose. Just a quick note. here to say that if you appreciate my. work, which is and always will be 100%. free, a small ask is if you could please. pre-order my new book, The Day After, which explores how Democrats must. finally wield power if they're fortunate. enough to get it back. I'll also be on. tour in DC, New York, and LA mid-July. You can grab tickets to the tour, and. you can pre-order the book at the same.

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refused to even acknowledge objective. reality that the DOJ has more documents. to release. >> When will you comply with the law and. release all of the files? >> Um as as I said to you when we spoke. before, um we have complied with the. law. We have re-. >> There are 3 million more documents, and. you know what you said to me? They're. all duplicative, and they include. another guy named Epstein. >> No, I did not say that. I did not say. that. >> That's what you said. >> So, look, >> Reclaiming my time. >> Can I answer the question? >> No, I just gave you the answer you gave.

me. No, actually, it's my time, Mr. Chairman. I think those are the rules of. this committee. I told him the answer he gave me, and. now in public he's trying to say. something else. Please stop the clock. Can I get that. time back? May I have 20 seconds back, Mr. Chairman? Thank you. I very much. appreciate that. >> Mr. Blanche, >> Do you want me to answer the question? >> Mr. Blanche, as you know, I visited DOJ. three times for as much as 10 hours, and.

I'll be going back. Does the Epstein File Transparency Act. say that the files should be available. to members of Congress with a minder at. DOJ, where you get you're in a secure. room, you can't uh write on uh any of. the binders. You can take your own. notes. Is that what the transparency act. says? >> It doesn't require we allow you to come. to DOJ at all. We did that on our own. >> What does it say in terms of. transparency? It says that they should be made. publicly available. Am I. Am I correct? >> And they were. And they were. >> Oh, let's talk about that.

>> Okay. >> Time of the gentle lady has expired. >> I beg your pardon. And I I'd actually like to get 20. seconds back. How do I get cut off 2. minutes into this? >> 2 minutes and 10 seconds. Time of the gentle lady has expired. >> I beg your pardon, Mr. Chairman. What rules are we operating under? Because he's under a little bit of heat. for not prosecuting anyone in these. monstrous crimes? I've been in the room.

I have been there. This is what we I had to do to. transcribe to show. what is true. What is true is that the. president has lied about being on. Epstein's Epstein's plane, and the. unredacted files prove that. There's a. lot in here. I am I am shocked at this. There's also this set of files in the in. the file. This is investigation into the. potential co-conspirators of Jeffrey. Epstein.

I almost used up all the blank ink in. the hallway. because it's all covered up. It's all. covered up. The American people are not stupid. They know that when members of Congress. have to go in and actually unredact try. to find the truth for these victims, something is corrupt. Something is. corrosive. >> So, as you can see, Todd Blanche is so. shameless, so corrupt that he will just. lie outright and pretend that the DOJ.

has released all the files. He's moved. beyond excuses and is just fabricating. his own reality. And you might have also. noticed that the rest of the GOP is. helping the cover-up along. And also in. that clip was the chair of the House. Appropriations Subcommittee, Hal Rogers, trying to rescue Todd Blanche by. straight-up cutting Representative. Dean's questioning just 2 minutes in. The entire party is in on this. cover-up. There is no move too small for. these people to pull to somehow, in. their own small way, help perpetuate the.

cover-up of a pedophile ring and their. deity's participation in it. So, look, it would be bad enough that. you've got an entire political party in. the United States committed to the. cover-up of a pedophile ring, but even. worse given the fact that they know. better. Remember, this is the stuff that. they were saying back when they were. pandering for your votes. >> Everybody has Everybody in politics has. a vice that's much worse than alcoholism. is is the way that I put it. >> [laughter]. >> Um but we we um release the list. >> [laughter].

>> Seriously, we need to release the. Epstein list. That that is an important. thing. >> You say that the FBI. >> I has Epstein's list, they're sitting on. it. That doesn't seem like something you. should do. You're protecting the world's. foremost predator. That seems like an. evil thing to do regardless of who may. be embarrassed in the release of that. list. Why is the FBI protecting the. greatest pederist um the the. largest-scale pederist in human history? >> Simple, because of who's on that list. >> You wondering why we're not hearing more. about this Epstein case? I mean, the guy was only connected to. just about every major player in the.

swamp internationally, and yet you don't. hear much about it. >> And what they. >> How are they hiding with Jeffrey. Epstein? >> Nice guy. Uh got a lot of problems coming up in my. opinion with the famous island with. Jeffrey Epstein. >> You raised the question of Jeffrey. Epstein in your remarks about in the. Q&A. >> he's got a problem. I mean, >> What do you think the problem will be? >> I I don't know, but that island was uh. really a cesspool. There's no question. about it. Just ask Prince Andrew. He'll. tell you about it. Uh the island was an. absolute cesspool.

>> The sad truth is that Trump and. Republicans clearly never actually cared. about Epstein. They just exploited the. issue for votes. If they did care, they. would use the power that they have with. full control of government right now to. actually do something about it. To. release the full files, to prosecute the. co-conspirators, to deliver justice to. the victims. Instead, we've gotten. excuses, lies, PR stunts, and. half-measures. It could not be more. clear where they stand on this issue if. it was tattooed on their foreheads. July. 2nd is the deadline. We will be.

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