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Trump’s DOJ walloped by federal judge with demand over missing Epstein files: report

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A federal judge has issued Attorney General Todd Blanche a deadline of next Thursday to explain why it failed to fork over a trove of foreign-language documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, Punchbowl News’ Scott MacFarlane reported Friday. The order came amid a lawsuit filed against Blanche in April by former MSNBC host and attorney Katie Phang, who in June won a preliminary injunction ordering the Justice Department (DOJ) to unredact key Epstein-related documents. The DOJ has stonewalled the case, however, with one DOJ attorney “ turning red ” and “stammering” last week when confronted by Judge Emmet Sullivan on why his agency had failed to comply with his orders. “Judge orders Justice Dept & Todd Blanche to respond by Thursday to latest motion in [Katie Phang’s] lawsuit, which seeks release of more Epstein Files,” MacFarlane wrote Friday in a social media post on X. “Blanche and his agency must answer for why they haven't sufficiently turned over FBI agent interview notes.” Writing on

First report: Judge Threatens Trump DOJ W/ JAIL TIME Over Epstein Files — crooksandliars.com, 2d