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Miles Archer

(24,576 posts)
Fri May 29, 2026, 12:07 PM Friday

Bondi: The Buck Stops At Blanche RE: The Jeffy Files. "I delegated oversight over this process"

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi told the House Oversight Committee on Friday that then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was in charge of the Justice Department’s botched release of the Jeffrey Epstein files and acknowledged that there were “redaction errors” in the handling of documents, according to Bondi’s opening statement obtained by MS NOW.

“As the head of a large Department with broad responsibilities, I did not lead every aspect of this effort or conduct that document review myself,” Bondi said in her prepared remarks. “I delegated oversight over this process to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.” Blanche was named acting attorney general in April after Bondi was fired by President Donald Trump.

Bondi told the panel in her transcribed voluntary interview that the search for, collection and review of the DOJ’s Epstein documents was “an enormously complicated and labor intensive process,” according to the statement.

Although she conceded that the documents released had “redaction errors” — which included victims’ names and other identifying information, the publication of nude photos of women and girls, and the redaction of names of potential co-conspirators — Bondi said the department “has been committed to accountability and transparency.”

https://www.ms.now/news/pam-bondi-to-testify-about-epstein-files-before-house-oversight-committee

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Bondi: The Buck Stops At Blanche RE: The Jeffy Files. "I delegated oversight over this process" (Original Post) Miles Archer Friday OP
Todd Blanche is the DFG? calimary Friday #1
Yep. underpants Friday #3
She wants Blanche fired... agingdem Friday #5
It's all part of the "Only-the-Best" hiring program..... MyOwnPeace Friday #6
Not a single maga ever takes responsibility for anything NewHendoLib Friday #2
So predictable. Srkdqltr Friday #4
It'll be interesting to hear Todd Blanche's response. patphil Friday #7
This is Trump's followers "every one for themselves" screw the other guy over. Swede Friday #8

agingdem

(8,978 posts)
5. She wants Blanche fired...
Fri May 29, 2026, 12:40 PM
Friday

Bondi is portraying herself as out of the Trump/Epstein loop when she was in the loop from her days as Florida’s attorney general accepting Trump’s campaign donations to make investigations go away..and yes, she knew Jeffrey Epstein…there are pics..

MyOwnPeace

(17,627 posts)
6. It's all part of the "Only-the-Best" hiring program.....
Fri May 29, 2026, 01:20 PM
Friday

from our exalted leader. This is the ‘Performance Review’ part - find out who can lie best and quickly stab the opponent in the back………

patphil

(9,250 posts)
7. It'll be interesting to hear Todd Blanche's response.
Fri May 29, 2026, 01:23 PM
Friday

He's not about to die on Epstein Hill, at least not alone.

Swede

(40,202 posts)
8. This is Trump's followers "every one for themselves" screw the other guy over.
Fri May 29, 2026, 01:24 PM
Friday

Starts right at the top, where the orange ferret sits.

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