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Todd Blanche begs appeals court to halt release of batch of Epstein files

U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche holds a press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 15, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

The Justice Department’s Transparency Defense Is More Delay

The Order Being Fought

Attorney General Todd Blanche asked the D.C. Circuit to suspend two orders requiring the Justice Department to begin reviewing and producing foreign-language records under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The dispute is narrow but consequential: U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered the department on June 25 to start the work, then set a…

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