Blanche, Todd (Attorney)

• A Timeline of Key Events in the Trump Administration’s Pursuit of Abrego Garcia - In its parallel efforts to prosecute Mr. Abrego Garcia and to re-expel him from the country, the Justice Department has spent countless hours and untold sums of money pursuing a single immigrant.
• Justice Dept. Now Said to Be Reviewing 5.2 Million Pages of Epstein Files - The number represents a more precise, and potentially much larger, figure than earlier estimates. The department is seeking to enlist about 400 lawyers to help in the review.
• Justice Dept. Leaders Pushed to Charge Abrego Garcia, Emails Show - The release of the emails raised serious questions about whether the Justice Department had misled a judge in telling him that local prosecutors had acted alone in charging Mr. Abrego Garcia.
• Epstein Victims Ask Congress to Ensure Justice Dept. Releases All Files - More than a dozen women called for congressional hearings to ensure that the Justice Department is fully complying with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
• 6 Takeaways From the First Batch of the Epstein Files - Many of the Justice Department documents were heavily redacted, and President Trump’s name was rarely mentioned. The White House also sought to make political hay of the release of photos of Bill Clinton.
• Justice Dept. Won’t Meet Friday Deadline to Release All Epstein Files - Several members of Congress criticized the department’s No. 2, Todd Blanche, after he said more documents would be coming weeks late.
• Susie Wiles Acknowledges Trump’s ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions - In interviews with Vanity Fair, Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, called JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist” and said Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” the early handling of the Epstein files.