Trump THROWS Young DOJ Lawyers UNDER BUS to COVER UP PAST!!!

Donald Trump and Todd Blanche are. throwing the young Department of Justice. lawyers who are still remaining there. under the bus in connection with the. Epstein files. Midas Touch host Katie. Phang brought a major lawsuit, as you. know, against Todd Blanche and the. Department of Justice under the Epstein. Transparency Act to produce the Epstein. files and to produce the redaction log. outlining documents that are being. withheld and the basis for withholding. documents. The case was filed in. Washington D.C. federal court. It got.

assigned to Federal Judge Sullivan. As. you know, there was a major hearing this. week in Katie Phang's lawsuit. Todd. Blanche was supposed to show up in that. hearing as Judge Sullivan demanded. answers and Federal Judge Sullivan. started the hearing by saying he's not. messing around. He's holding a public. hearing because the American people. demand answers and he said during the. hearing that he will not be afraid to. throw Department of Justice lawyers in. contempt for their behavior if they.

continue to lie to the court. Now, Todd. Blanche did not show up to the hearing. Senior Department of Justice leadership. did not show up to the hearing. Instead, the Trump regime sent very young and. inexperienced Department of Justice. lawyers who had no clue what they were. doing. From reporting by Katie Phang and. others in the court, they sent a very. nervous, fidgety young lawyer by the. name of Andrew Block who seemed deeply.

inexperienced, who seemed like he had no. clue what the hell he was doing. He. wasn't able to answer basic questions. from the judge and they seemed to be. making this guy and some other young DOJ. lawyers the fall guys and gals for what. Todd Blanche and Donald Trump are doing. Andrew Block was described as being very. red-faced, nervous. At times it looked. like he was going to cry apparently at. this hearing and Judge Sullivan had. previously held Department of Justice.

lawyers in contempt back in 2008-2009. in connection with a federal prosecution. of now late Senator Stevens from Alaska. and one of the young DOJ lawyers. back then actually took his own life as. a result of being held in contempt for. being involved in this cover-up. regarding the Stevens prosecution. got dismissed and Judge Sullivan has. remembered holding those Justice.

Department lawyers in contempt back then. and he brought it up again in this. hearing as Donald Trump and Todd Blanche. sent these young lawyers who clearly. didn't know what the hell they were. doing and they were sent there basically. to go oh oh I don't know I don't know I. don't know Judge I don't know and it was. really embarrassing. I mean Katie Fang. said when she was there like she. couldn't feel bad for these people. because they're still involved in the. cover-up of a child sex trafficking ring. and that they're not producing the.

Epstein files but that they were clearly. very nervous and didn't know what they. were doing. and Judge Sullivan lost his patience. with these idiot lawyers with these. lawyers who didn't know what they were. doing and so you take a look at this. guy's background Andrew Block. I looked. him up on LinkedIn right now and you can. see his background. He does indeed seem. very inexperienced. He worked he he. became a lawyer it looks like in. 2016-2017. Before that he graduated from George.

Mason University. Before that he worked. at the Heritage Foundation and then most. recently he worked at Customs and Border. Protection and as the Department of. Justice fired all of these people and as. lots of the real leadership resigned and. the good lawyers resigned within the DOJ. or were forced out they brought in a lot. of Customs and border protection lawyers. to become AUSAs and to become these DOJ. lawyers who don't know what the hell. they're doing. And Andrew Block seems to.

be one of those people and he had a. horrible day in court from what I'm. hearing. But if this seems to be the. next plan. I mean, I went over with you. the judge's ruling. It was very bad for. Block. It was very bad for Trump. It was. good for transparency where Federal. Judge Sullivan ordered a proposed order. to be prepared for the Trump regime to. produce the redaction log outlining the. documents that were being withheld. Judge Sullivan said that he wants to. release the notes regarding the FBI 302.

reports that involved allegations by a. minor against Donald Trump. Trump denies. the allegations in the 302 reports by. the FBI. But they were handwritten. notes. So Katie Fang identified that. those notes likely need to be produced. And and like Andrew Block was acting. like a Oh, we've never produced certain. notes and we've never produced certain. and Katie Fang's like, I mean, does this. dude even know that he was lying like. repeatedly to the federal judge? He does. He doesn't know about the like he's.

either lying or he's doesn't know. And. she goes, it does seem like the guy was. just sent there and has no clue what the. hell. he's doing. But but but and then there. was another category of documents where. a lot of the perpetrators and. co-conspirators it seems are pretending. that they're victims. and that they're going to carte blanche. with their lawyers and saying, "Aha, we're victims. So we should be. redacted." And while the actual victims. and survivors are having their names. leaked, the perpetrators and the.

co-conspirators are getting victim. status and the real victims and. survivors are being treated horribly and. having their rights violated. So let me. bring in Katie Fang. Katie Fang's going. to first start off by discussing the Ted. Stevens for the Senator Stevens. prosecution regarding the contempt of. the prosecutors back in 2009-2010. And then Katie Fang connects it to how. these young lawyers, these young DOJ. lawyers, are basically having their. careers destroyed as a result of Todd.

Blanche. And look, Andrew, people may. know Andrew Block and he may be watching. this. Um but I think you know, it's. going to be a rough weekend for him, it. seems, because he knows that he's the. fall guy, it seems. And so, sorry, Andrew, that just seems to be you you. know, or maybe you want this. Maybe you. want to be the fall guy in the Epstein. transparency act. But I guess that'll be. your legacy now. Anyway, let me bring in. Katie Fang. Let's bring in Katie. >> The four prosecutors were held in. contempt. Three of them appealed to the.

circuit court, and the federal appeals. court actually said, "We're dismissing. your appeal. We've looked at the record. and Judge Sullivan was totally in the. right because of your non-compliance. with his order.". Okay. So, um apparently, one of these federal. prosecutors, a little bit later, um a young. prosecutor, ended up taking his own. life. And. um I I get it. The The causal link. between the contempt and him taking his.

own life, I know it's subjected to um. interpretation as well as um. um you know, I don't I don't know if that's the case, right? But there is some chatter that that. happening. has weighed heavily on Judge Sullivan, which I think is a reflection of what a. good person he is, right? That he would. be so mindful to think about something. like this. And.

there is a reason why Judge Sullivan was. very careful in the way that he. presented this story. Because these prosecutors, which are. now, interestingly they're the defense. attorneys, right? For defendant Todd. Blanche, they obviously are on the younger side. and I don't think they have the adequate. experience to be doing this job. And by. the way, that is the plague that is. happening to several US Attorney's. offices across this country right now. Inexperience, lack of competency, lack.

of a lack of maturity to be able to. handle some of the most serious cases. that should be handled in our country. But that is a reflection of the. leadership or lack thereof in that. office across the country. But. these prosec- these defense attorneys. for Todd Blanche had to be reminded by. Judge Sullivan of the weight and the. import of contempt. Because it is now starting to happen in. different courtrooms in front of. different judges. Contempt is being. ordered, it is being sought by opposing.

counsel when they're up against the. Department of Justice. And clearly in. this case, there has been repeated. non-compliance by Todd Blanche. And the contempt that I've been seeking. in this case is against Todd Blanche, let me be clear. But you do have these. lawyers that are coming to court and. they are doing things that actually. violate the judge's orders, right? So, the judge ordered the defense to come to. court yesterday and to be able to show. cause, to give a reasons why and or to. supplement why they are unable to abide.

by and comply with a court order. And. this Andrew Block, lawyer from the. Department of Justice, stood there. fumbling, stumbling, struggling with his. words. He had no answers because. repeatedly Judge Sullivan asked him, "But didn't you know you had to come. today to answer this? It is in my. order." And Block had no adequate. response. In fact, sometimes Block had. no response at all. I'm not even saying. it was a woefully inadequate response or. it was just a painfully inadequate. response. There was no response at all. from this lawyer. And for those of you.

that have either watched courtroom. dramas, TV movies, or you know, whatever, I mean, there is there is. drama sometimes in court. And we were. sitting there on our side at the. plaintiff's table, and I had amazing. lawyers, and we're standing there, and. we're like, "God, this is horrible.". And, by the way, no sympathy because you. shouldn't come to court ill-prepared. I. don't care if it's my lawsuit or if it's. like, you know, a simple, you know, a. simple case of of a slip and fall. Like, you should never come to court.

ill-prepared, not prepared to be able to. address a federal judge's inquiry. But, that's what happened. And, look, was it intentional? Remember, this guy. filed a notice of appearance at the last. minute Wednesday night, and he comes. rolling into court, and he had no. answers. He had no timeline, time frame, dates, information. For example, for. those really important FBI handwritten. notes by the agents that interviewed. this woman who claims that she was 13.

years old that she was sexually abused. and physically battered by convicted. felon Donald Trump. Judge Sullivan made, I thought, which was a natural, logical. question and inquiry of Andrew Bloch, the defense attorney for Todd Blanche. He said, "How many pages are we talking. about? Because I have ordered these. documents to be produced, and according. to Todd Blanche, it's it's not you can't. do it because you can't redact them. because you could inadvertently reveal. private information of a victim." I. know. I know, please. I know. And And.

that's the reason why. Oh, and also, Judge, the handwritten notes are. substantially similar to the 302s, the. actual official reports that have been. generated by the FBI and already. released, albeit heavily redacted. So, Andrew Bloch yesterday says, "Judge, these interview notes are duplicative.". Now, I got hot under the collar, and I. whispered to my lawyers, and I'm like, "This is the first time that we've heard. that they're duplicative." Because. substantially similar and duplicative, folks, these are different things. Duplicative, as we know, means that they. are identical to what is in those 302s,

but we know that that's. Because I have handwritten notes that I. take about everything and anything. And. those handwritten notes are not going to. be the same as something that ends up. being an official FBI report, right? So, duplicative is not substantially. similar. Furthermore, they have never. argued duplicative before. That was the. first time it's ever been raised for the. very, very first time was yesterday. Substantially similar, we've heard. It's. top blanched saying, it's similar enough. that you shouldn't make me do it. But of. course, as Judge Sullivan has noted, there's no exception in the Epstein. files transparency act for substantially.

similar or even duplicative, okay? So, when Judge Sullivan said or asked Andrew. Block, "How many pages are we talking. about? Can't you just manually redact. it? I mean, literally, like take like a. Sharpie to it." And Block said, "I don't. know. I've no idea." How do you come to. court and not even know the universe of. documents? And I'm just talking four. four four sets of interview notes, right? Didn't know the number of pages, had no background material, and then and. then what Andrew Block did is he.

misrepresented to the court that there. have never been any other handwritten. interview notes from FBI interviews. turned over in the DOJ Epstein files. And we know that that's a lie. That's. not true. I've seen them. You've seen. them. And in fact, some very honest. people, including Allison Gill and. Kristi Greenberg yesterday, they all saw. it and they heard it too. And in real. time, they were posting on social about. it. So, look. It is so hard and and for those of you. that are wondering like, you know, why.

are we not, you know, getting up maybe. in the middle. of court and jumping up and down and. objecting or whatever, something like. that. I mean, it's it it was definitely. not the type of thing for that to. happen. It's And by the way, I've said. this, uh it was very hard for me to not get up. and say something because I am a trial. lawyer and I have done criminal cases, civil cases, and you guys know my. spirit, my personality. But my lawyers. are smart and they're measured. And. really, the The is Judge Sullivan didn't. need us yesterday because he was really. kind of driving this bus the way that he.

was going to do it. So, I want to get back to the contempt thing. because there is a reason why after that. recess Judge Sullivan decided to end the. hearing on that note. Because as Judge. Sullivan said during his explanation. about contempt, and he was very quick to. make sure that everybody understood that. nobody was in trouble per se yesterday, but Judge Sullivan said the following. He emphasized that he had no desire to. hold somebody in contempt of court. again. He said contempt is serious. It's a very.

serious matter. to have your conduct ever questioned by. a judge when you're a lawyer. He says you'll have to report it if. you're applying for a job. or if you're applying to be a judge, you'll have to report that you have been. held in contempt of court. And he said, "I am focused on compliance. with my court orders. It's not the correct approach to come to. court and not have anything to offer.

either by way of writing. or by. word. And the court doesn't need to have a. hearing to hold an attorney in. contempt.". He said, "I'm just having a. conversation. Nobody's in trouble right. now. Right now.". And he said, "I will. do it. I will hold lawyers in contempt of court.

even if they are Department of Justice. lawyers. That is not a threat. That is a promise.". And then he gave orders to my counsel to. prepare a proposed order. dealing with the submission of the. handwritten FBI notes as well as the. redaction log that the Epstein Files. Transparency Act requires. So, I share this with you, like I said, in a.

little bit of a deeper detail because. um. it's really stuck with me and it's. actually kind of been, I think, the. bigger theme through the discourse. that's been on media, but also there's a. group of us that are lawyers that talk. all the time, um a lot. Uh. we're plotting. But but we talk and the contempt. component of this is very very serious. and the messaging wasn't just for these.

uh lawyers from the Department of. Justice that are assumed this role of. defense attorneys for Todd Blanche. This. was also a message for Todd Blanche. because Todd Blanche is the Attorney. General of the United States, but he's technically a DOJ lawyer. And for Judge Sullivan to say, "I am the only federal judge in the. circuit. >> [clears throat]. >> who has held DOJ lawyers in contempt and. had it upheld and affirmed by a federal. appeals court.". is inescapable message.

And it goes beyond just a warning. It's set the tone. Cuz for the full hour and a half prior. to that, you know, soliloquy, um and I I don't. mean that in a derogatory way, but it. definitely was that. It. You know, in the hour and a half leading. up to that, the judge was painfully patient with the. DOJ. I mean, to the point where I was like, "What what is going on here, right?".

Because admission after admission by. this Andrew Block lawyer was, "We're. either not going to do what you've. ordered us to do." Challenging whether. the judge's prior orders were, quote, clear and clean, to which at one point. in time Judge Sullivan said, "What do. you want me to do? Enter another order. and say, "This time I mean it." I mean, that's literally verbatim what Judge. Sullivan said. And. And also, Andrew Block was refusing to. have It's not even like adequate.

information, any information, which has. to be frustrating for a judge because. it's an act of defiance and it's an act. of disrespect. Any judge, state court. judge, federal judge, but especially a. federal judge. There is an air of solemnity, formality in federal court that. sometimes you don't see in state court. We jokingly call circuit court circus. court sometimes when it comes to state. court stuff. But federal court is a whole different. ball game, folks.

When I tell you that just in the moments. before Judge Sullivan takes the bench, there is a hush in the courtroom. There is a level of strict formality and. you expect a certain caliber of. lawyering that happens. And that didn't happen yesterday from. the Department of Justice. It's endemic. It's a symptom of a much. bigger problem. And Todd Blanche knows. He knows that place has been. hemorrhaging quality, qualified. attorneys.

And there are very real consequences to. it and that is why Judge Sullivan, I. believe, and frankly a whole bunch of. other people believe, that's the reason. why Judge Sullivan did what he did when. he did it and how he did it. So, contempt is on the table. As Judge. Sullivan said, and that's not a threat, that's a promise. And if you are a DOJ attorney that has. to defend this illegal redactions, the. illegal withholdings, and the continuous.

non-compliance, if I were you, I'd be prepared. for contempt. I have to end with this. Thank you. It means more to me than I can ever. express. Thank you. Thank you for the. support. Thank you especially for. subscribing here. Um. it helps me. It helps me with this case. It helps me get the word out. It helps. me share the truth and the context, and. that's important because people need to. understand that this is the greatest. cover-up, concealment, and conspiracy to.

do so in American history. And it's happening in real time. Be mad. Be outraged. Demand. accountability. I'm going to go rattle. some more cages cuz you know that's how. I am. >> Before you go, our book WTF America is. available for pre-order now. It's the. story of how we got here and how we. fight our way back. To pre-order, scan. the QR code or click the link in the. description. Let's do this.