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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche answers a question during a news conference after the Justice Department announced the release of three million pages of documents in the latest Jeffrey Epstein disclosure in Washington, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Deputy AG Blanche promises appeal to judge’s order to free 5-year-old and father from ICE custody

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche takes a question from a reporter during a news conference after the Justice Department announced the release of three million pages of documents in the latest Jeffrey Epstein disclosure in Washington, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top Justice Department official plays down chance for charges arising from Epstein files revelations

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

A document included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files is photographed Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, that illustrates several people who handled Epstein's financial affairs or who were close to him (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Justice Department declares Epstein review complete, as Democrats dispute compliance with law

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell, file)

Todd Blanche, deputy AG, defends DOJ stance on ICE shooting in Minneapolis

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell, file)

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says ‘There is nothing’ Trump is hiding in Epstein files

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

In this June 25, 2013, photo, Ghislaine Maxwell, founder of the TerraMar Project, attends a press conference on the Issue of Oceans in Sustainable Development Goals, at United Nations headquarters. (United Nations Photo/Rick Bajornas via AP) **FILE**

Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell says she never saw Trump act inappropriately

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

In this June 25, 2013, file photo, Ghislaine Maxwell, founder of the TerraMar Project, attends a news conference on the Issue of Oceans in Sustainable Development Goals, at United Nations headquarters. (United Nations Photo/Rick Bajornas via AP) ** FILE **

Justice Department official holds interviews with Epstein’s imprisoned former girlfriend

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump, standing with defense attorney Todd Blanche, speaks at the conclusion of proceedings for the day at his trial at Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, Pool) ** FILE **

Trump’s attorneys urge N.Y. judge to dismiss hush money conviction

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump comments to members of the media after a jury convicted him of felony crimes for falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election, at Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. His attorney Todd Blanche, right, listens. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

Trump nominates his attorney, Todd Blanche, for deputy attorney general

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Michael Cohen leaves his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court in New York, Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Michael Cohen admits stealing $30K from Trump Organization

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Michael Cohen leaves his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court in New York, Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Michael Cohen faces more grilling as Trump’s hush money trial enters its final stretch

By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Michael Cohen departs his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in New York. The prosecutors’ star witness in the hush money case against former President Donald Trump is returning to the witness stand as defense lawyers try to chip away at Cohen’s crucial testimony implicating the former president. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Trump team wears down Michael Cohen’s credibility in front of jury

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Michael Cohen departs his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in New York. The prosecutors’ star witness in the hush money case against former President Donald Trump is returning to the witness stand as defense lawyers try to chip away at Cohen’s crucial testimony implicating the former president. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Will jurors believe Michael Cohen? Defense tries to chip his credibility at Trump’s hush money trial

By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Michelle L. Price and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, and attorney Michael Cohen, left, during a visit to the Pastors Leadership Conference at New Spirit Revival Center, Sept. 21, 2016, in Cleveland. Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen returned to the witness stand Tuesday, testifying in detail how former president was linked to all aspects of a hush money scheme that prosecutors say was aimed at stifling stories that threatened his 2016 campaign. Trump is the first former U.S. president to go on trial. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Defense confronts Michael Cohen with his anti-Trump tirades, thirst for revenge

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Friday, April 26, 2024. (Mark Peterson/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump’s defense in N.Y. trial tries to humanize him as a family man, good boss

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump walks next to his attorney Todd Blanche, at Manhattan state court in New York, Monday, April 22, 2024. (Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump is ‘not on the hook’ for alleged hush money misdeeds, defense says

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former president Donald Trump, center, awaits the start of proceedings at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, April 22, 2024, in New York. Opening statements in Donald Trump's historic hush money trial are set to begin. Trump is accused of falsifying internal business records as part of an alleged scheme to bury stories he thought might hurt his presidential campaign in 2016. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)

Prosecutors open Trump trial with tales of political dirt, money, collusion with National Enquirer

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table in a Manhattan court, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in New York. Trump is appearing in court on charges related to falsifying business records in a hush money investigation, the first president ever to be charged with a crime. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

Trump pleads not guilty at arraignment to 34 felony counts; first former president to be arrested

By Tom Howell Jr., Jeff Mordock and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower, Monday, April 3, 2023, in New York. Trump arrived in New York on Monday for his expected booking and arraignment the following day on charges arising from hush money payments during his 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Trump arrives in New York to face criminal charges: ‘America was not supposed to be this way!’

By Tom Howell Jr. and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times