"Ahead of tomorrow's confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche"
Deadline: White House
Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW
4.5 • 6.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Any senator who votes to confirm Todd Blanche, no, you're now part of the cover-up. |
| 0:09.1 | You're complicit in the cover-up if you vote to confirm this man and make him the Attorney General who has led the cover-up of the Usteen file. |
| 0:19.3 | Hi again, everybody. It's now 5 o'clock in the East. The botched handling of the release of the |
| 0:24.2 | Etsteen files by Donald Trump and his administration and the lack of any accountability for survivors |
| 0:30.2 | and victims will no doubt be a prominent focus on the party of Democrats at tomorrow's |
| 0:35.4 | confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche to become the country's attorney general, |
| 0:39.6 | Todd Blanche, who was the deputy attorney general at the time, was key to the release of the files that was riddled with redaction errors and delays. |
| 0:47.9 | Blanche's predecessor, Pam Bondi, told lawmakers behind closed doors that Todd Blanche was the guy responsible for the rollout of the |
| 0:55.5 | files. And thanks to intrepid reporting by New York Times reporters Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman |
| 1:01.0 | for their new book regime change, we have an even deeper understanding of the sprawling tentacles |
| 1:07.3 | of Todd Blanche's role. According to many scenes recounted for their book, |
| 1:11.9 | the man who now wants to serve as the country's top law enforcement official |
| 1:15.5 | was at the center of each and every step of the Trump administration's botched release of the files. |
| 1:21.5 | He was present for multiple meetings inside the White House Situation Room on this issue specifically. |
| 1:27.2 | He reviewed the files. |
| 1:28.5 | He spoke to Donald Trump about what was inside them. |
| 1:31.8 | And of course, he volunteered to interview Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice in child sex trafficking, |
| 1:37.3 | Galane Maxwell. |
| 1:39.0 | After that interview, she was transferred to a minimum security prison with yoga and puppies. |
| 1:44.7 | Senate Judiciary Democrats will have Danny Benske, an Epstein survivor and familiar face |
| 1:50.4 | to viewers at this program, testify against Todd Blanche's confirmation on Thursday, |
| 1:55.8 | following his appearance before the committee tomorrow. |
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