Epstein Survivors Blast Todd Blanche And The DOJ After His Senate Hearing (5/26/26)

Epstein survivors have called out Todd Blanche and the DOJ for what they view as a grotesque inversion of priorities: the department has had time to sit down with Ghislaine Maxwell, manage her interview, release transcripts, defend its redaction process, and insist the Epstein files review is essentially over — yet survivors say they have been left begging for basic access, answers, and a direct meeting. Blanche told senators he had met with survivors and their lawyers, but a group of survivors publicly disputed that, saying he “has not met with any of us” and that their earlier request to meet with former Attorney General Pam Bondi and DOJ officials went nowhere. Their anger is not just procedural. They argue that the DOJ keeps asking victims to come forward while refusing to fully reckon with the credible allegations survivors have already reported, many of them repeatedly, over years.Their larger accusation is that the DOJ has mishandled both the records and the moral center of the case. Survivors blasted the file releases for exposing survivor names or identifying details in some places while, in their view, continuing to shield alleged abusers, enablers, and powerful associates behind redactions or secrecy. They demanded that DOJ meet directly with survivors and counsel, explain how the redaction and withholding failures happened, and provide clear answers about what records remain unreleased. Annie Farmer was especially direct, calling Blanche’s suggestion that survivors should contact DOJ to re-report crimes “beyond insulting,” because many survivors have already done exactly that. The message from survivors is blunt: the burden should not be on them to keep forcing the government to care; the burden is on DOJ to investigate the alleged network, protect survivor privacy, and account for years of institutional failure.to contact me:[email protected]:Rep rips Trump’s DOJ for ‘taking good care of Ghislaine Maxwell’ while ignoring Epstein victims | The Independent