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Todd Blanche hit with court blow after new move to bury Epstein files

The Justice Department’s Favorite Redaction Is AccountabilityThe Power Behind the File CabinetA federal judge kept Katie Phang’s lawsuit alive after finding Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche had violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act and refused to release records the law required. That is the real center of gravity here: not journalism, not outrage, but executive branch control over evidence. The Justice Department holds the files. The White House signed the law. The department decided to resist it.The Excuse MachineBlanche’s team did not defend the merits. It tried to dodge the…

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