Would you say that Mr. Blanche exhibits a rather dismissive attitude toward all of you and the Epstein crimes?

One thousand percent, yes.

Hi again, everybody. It's now five o'clock in the east.

For months and months of waiting now to meet with the Department of Justice. After its complete mishandling of the release of the Epstein files, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse finally have the chance to sit down with acting attorney General Todd Blanche yesterday. But in that highly anticipated and long-awaited meeting, the survivors say they were

met with the same dismissive attitude that Epstein survivor and friend of this program, Danny Benski,

testified to yesterday at Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing. For Todd Blanche, who's seeking to

take on the role of Attorney General, the United States permanently.

The meeting was just a check-the-box exercise, a necessary step that he was told he needed

to take to gain the vote of a Republican senator named Tom Tillis.

Survivors say the meeting was just that, Blanche checking the Tillis box to secure his job promotion,

leaving them more hardened in their opposition to him. In a statement provided to MS now,

Epstein survivor Annie Farmers says this, quote, after meeting with Todd Blanche, I feel even more

confident in urging senators to vote against his confirmation as the United States Attorney General.

I found him abrasive, condescending, and intentionally non-committal to survivors,

a marked contrast to his public testimony during his confirmation hearing.

While quick to point out, the failures of previous administrations,

he refused to take accountability for mistakes made under his own

leadership. His evasiveness felt like a deliberate attempt to claim the Attorney General's office is

powerless in this matter. By passing the buck once again, he's leaving survivors trapped in the

same endless loop of searching for answers and receiving none. Other survivors who were in the

room for the meeting with Taub Blanche were left with the same impression. With Danny Vinsky posting

this in a statement online, quote, he danced around his wording repeatedly interrupted us and could

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