Schumer Presses For Release Of Deputy AG Todd Blanche's Interview With Ghislaine Maxwell

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During a press conference on Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was asked about an interview between Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously served as President Trump's personal defense attorney, and Epstein-accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

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00:00Yes.

00:02Would this law compel information about the other branchers, you know, about the courts to be released to the committee?

00:09And are there other, like, things that could be redacted?

00:12Well, unfortunately, there's information.

00:14Yeah, look, there can be redactions, and we're not going to break – whoa, are you okay?

00:19We're not going to force any agreements that have been broken, but we believe almost everything can come out, barring any.

00:30Well, we'll have to – that'll have to be litigated.

00:33Yes.

00:34Would you accept the Justice Department limiting the reading of these files to leadership or members in a –

00:40I think they should be made public.

00:42I mean, certainly to the Congress and to the public.

00:44The public has a right to know.

00:45Including the interviews that were done recently with Maxwell in the last couple of days.

00:50All the notes that were taken, any recordings, should be made public as well.

00:57And, you know, the redactions that Senator Schumer mentioned are standard operating procedure in the Department of Justice.

01:03When it does a report based on an investigation, it's rare, but it's not unusual.

01:09Yeah.

01:10When did –

01:11When did –

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