The Epstein Files Story That Should Have Ended Todd Blanche's Nomination
Hawk walks through the reporting. It describes a July 2025 Situation Room meeting, chaired by Vice President JD Vance and attended by senior officials, convened to figure out how to respond as the story divided the MAGA base. The article recounts the strategy debate, from petitioning courts to unseal grand jury transcripts to the eventual Truth Social post, alongside Attorney General Pam Bondi's on-camera claim that a client list was on her desk and the later influencer binder rollout that backfired.
Hawk connects it to Blanche's central role: interviewing Ghislaine Maxwell over two days…
The skinny
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