CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig torched Trump Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche over his department’s treatment of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims ahead of a closed-door grilling on Capitol Hill. The committee wants the attorney general to appear next month to testify about DOJ’s handling of the Epstein investigation. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)TODD BLANCHE, DEPUTY U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: I am not trying to defend Epstein — I’m not. And if there’s a narrative that exists that we’re ignoring Epstein victims, that is false. First, what do you — what do you think of what Todd Blanche is saying there?

Source: CNN March 18, 2026 20:58 UTC