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Todd Blanche's confession he 'blew' Epstein case floors legal expert: 'Makes you wonder'

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A legal expert slammed Todd Blanche's court filing that confessed he missed a deadline and 'messed up' as she sued him. In a recent episode of her podcast , lawyer and journalist Katie Phang described recent developments with her case against Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche , who's inching closer to securing the permanent attorney general role. Blanche admitted in a recent court filing that he missed a deadline to answer a lawsuit over redactions in the Epstein files , but blamed it on "excusable neglect," Phang explained. "There, my friends, is the confession by Todd Blanche that he blew the deadline, 'Excusable neglect,'" Phang said. "Well, isn't that an admission that you messed up, but you have a quote, 'excusable,' reason why you did?" Phang is suing Blanche for more unredacted Epstein files or an explanation of why the Department of Justice redacted what it did. She alleges the DOJ wrongly redacted the Epstein files and violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Blanche mi

First report: Trump’s DOJ begs judge for extension after bumbling another court deadline — alternet.org, 5d