Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche hit back against mounting public outcry after the Department of Justice blew through a legally mandated deadline to release remaining case files on the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein. “It’s very simple and very clear. The statute also requires us to protect victims,” Blanche, who is also Donald Trump’s former defense attorney, told NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday of the department’s failure to meet the Friday cutoff. “The reason why we’re still reviewing documents and still continuing our process is simply that: to protect victims,” he went on. “So the same individuals that are out there complaining about the lack of documents that were produced on Friday are the same individuals who apparently don’t want us to protect victims.”
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