Politics Jan 30 DOJ has opened a federal civil rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti, deputy AG says By Michael Biesecker, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
Politics Jan 30 WATCH: Deputy Attorney General Blanche announces latest Epstein release of more than 3 million pages The files, posted to the department’s website, include some of the several million pages of records that officials said were withheld from an initial release of documents in December. By Eric Tucker, Michael R. Sisak, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press
Politics Dec 21 Trump administration official defends partial release of Epstein files by Justice Department Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Justice Department’s decision to release just a fraction of the Jeffrey Epstein files by the congressionally mandated deadline as necessary to protect survivors of sexual abuse by the disgraced financier. By Aamer Madhani, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press
Politics Jul 24 Justice Department will meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned girlfriend Justice Department officials were set to meet on Thursday with Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned girlfriend of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a person familiar with the matter. By Eric Tucker, Corey Williams, Associated Press
Politics May 12 Deputy attorney general Todd Blanche, who defended Trump in hush money trial, named acting Librarian of Congress Blanche is a former federal prosecutor who was a key figure on Trump's defense team in his New York hush money trial, which ended in a conviction on 34 felony counts. By Hillel Italie, Associated Press
Jun 09 Trump picks lawyer from NY criminal case for classified documents charges By Michael Sisak, Associated Press Donald Trump posted Friday on his Truth Social platform that Todd Blanche will lead his defense in the federal case, along with “a firm to be named later,” replacing his previous lawyers, Jim Trusty and John Rowley. Continue reading