Todd Blanche told Fox News today that his Justice Department reviewed six million pieces of paper from the Epstein files and released everything relevant. “We are not sitting on a single piece of paper,” he said. “If we find something else tomorrow, we’ll release it. I don’t anticipate we will.” Zero new prosecutions have been announced. The files that were released were heavily redacted, with errors that exposed abuse victims’ names. The attorney general telling you the investigation is closed is the same man who spent years keeping Trump out of prison.
Who Todd Blanche Is
Blanche was Donald Trump’s personal criminal defense attorney. He represented Trump in the New York hush money prosecution — the one that resulted in 34 felony convictions. He represented Trump in the federal classified documents case and the federal election obstruction case. He switched his voter registration from Democrat to Republican in 2024. He was confirmed as Deputy AG in March 2025. He became acting AG on April 2, 2026, when Trump fired Pam Bondi for not being loyal enough. The top law enforcement officer in the United States is the man who spent years arguing that Donald Trump did nothing wrong in every criminal proceeding brought against him.
New prosecutions of Epstein associates or clients since Trump took office: zero. Files released: partially, with redactions that in some cases exposed victims’ identities. Bondi’s congressional subpoena: blocked by the DOJ she used to run, on the grounds that she was no longer AG — despite being subpoenaed by name, not by title. Five Republicans voted for that subpoena alongside Democrats. The names remain buried.
The Question Nobody Is Asking on Fox
Fox News asked Blanche whether he had the authority to release more files and to go to Congress. His answer was: we already released everything. But the question that wasn’t asked is the one that matters: why has no one been charged? The Epstein network operated for decades. Multiple witnesses have testified. The SDNY investigation was ongoing when Epstein died in federal custody in 2019. The question isn’t whether more documents exist. The question is why the people who flew on the plane, visited the island, and were documented in those files haven’t been called before a grand jury.
“We have released everything. We reviewed six million pieces of paper within the department, millions of which had nothing to do with Epstein. Nothing that should be released.” — Todd Blanche, Fox News, April 14, 2026
The MAGA base spent years demanding Epstein accountability. “Who’s on the list?” was a core rallying cry from 2019 onward. Trump’s people promised the files would come out. They came out — redacted, incomplete, with victims’ names accidentally exposed. Bondi oversaw the release and got fired. Her replacement went on television to say there’s nothing left to see. And nobody on that network followed up with: “Then why are the people on the flight logs still free?”
What Accountability Looks Like When You Run the DOJ
The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Bondi by name — not by title — to testify about exactly these questions. Five Republicans voted for it. The DOJ told Congress she doesn’t have to appear because she’s no longer AG. She was subpoenaed as an individual. That’s not how subpoenas work. Rep. Nancy Mace said it publicly: “Leaving office doesn’t mean you get to dodge accountability.” And now her replacement is on Fox saying the whole thing is closed and there’s nothing left to find. The investigation into the most powerful pedophile network in American history was closed by the man who got Trump’s prosecutor disqualified.
Sources
- The New Republic: Blanche on Fox News claiming DOJ released all Epstein files; “we are not sitting on a single piece of paper” quote; six million pages reviewed.
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