Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche met accusers of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following a request to do so by Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, whose support is crucial to advancing his nomination to lead the Justice Department, reported CBS News.
Epstein accuser Annie Farmer said in a statement following her meeting with Blanche that she feels "even more confident in urging senators to vote against his confirmation as the United States' Attorney General."
Farmer
alleged that Blanche was "abrasive, condescending, and intentionally
noncommittal to survivors," which she described as "a marked
contrast" from his testimony at Wednesday's confirmation hearing
before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Dani
Bensky, whose name and personal information were mistakenly made public in documents related to the federal investigation into
Epstein that were released by the Justice Department last year, testified
before the committee earlier Thursday before taking part in the meeting with
Blanche.
Bensky
said in a statement that Blanche treated the meeting "as a mere
'check-the-box' exercise intended to secure votes for his confirmation."
Bensky
said that Blanche "danced around his wording, repeatedly interrupted us
and could not commit to anything that would demonstrate good faith or begin to
restore trust." She said she believes Blanche "is not qualified to
serve as attorney general."
"He
did not adequately account for the release of materials that exposed survivors'
identifying information and images, and he offered no credible plan to
investigate and pursue accountability beyond" Epstein and longtime Epstein
associate Ghislaine Maxwell, she said.
The
political firestorm over Epstein has been a persistent headache for the Trump
administration, which released millions of investigative documents over the
last year about the disgraced financier's crimes and connections to
high-profile people.
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