BOMBSHELL: Epstein case blown WIDE OPEN in new update

We now have a major breakthrough in terms of the Epstein files for the first time being fully revealed.Glenn, can you give an update on what's going on as far as the Epstein files are concerned?

Yeah, Brian, fully revealed, at least to the presiding judge, Judge Emmett Sullivan, because for the first time, some of the unredacted Epstein files, things that Todd Blanche and the Department of Justice were refusing to unredact are now in the hands of Judge Sullivan.And he is probably literally at this moment examining what DOJ has given him to see if the explanations that they were offering as to why they redacted a whole bunch of stuff that In context, when you look at these documents, sure looks like they should not have been redacted.Well, now Judge Emmett Sullivan is going to see whether Todd Blanche and company were being straight with the court, candid with the court, or were playing games.But I have one caveat to that, even with the unredacted Epstein files being in Judge Sullivan's hands now.But let's just back up a little bit, because Katie Fang, independent journalist, sued Todd Blanch in his capacity as Acting Attorney General to just have him comply with the damn Epstein -Files Transparency Act because he has refused to do so.Really, just obstinately, even acknowledging there are all sorts of violations of that federal law.

Like, for example, they were supposed to explain all redactions and publish in the National Register the reason for all of the redactions.Todd Blanch is like, look, Congress said they don't really care about that, even though it's in the federal law.So that should be good enough for the court.Well, you know what?It's not good enough for the court.The law is the law.

So, you know, Katie Fank successfully brought this suit, told Judge Sullivan that in her capacity as an independent journalist, she has a constitutional right, freedom of the press, to access these things.that the law say must be made publicly available.And so, you know, they've been kind of playing this little back -and -forth game with some court filings.Finally, Judge Sullivan issued a ruling.He said, basically put up or shut up, Todd.I'm paraphrasing there.

He said, I want to see your work because I do not credit your assertions.You no longer enjoy the presumption of regularity.In other words, I don't believe it just because you say it.So now, literally 32 minutes before a deadline passed, the deadline for turning over these unredacted documents to Judge Sullivan was 3 p .m.on Thursday.

and the court filing is time -stamped 2 .28 p .m., indicating that they were delivering the unredacted documents to Judge Sullivan.So now it is just a matter of time.We're going to wait and see what Judge Sullivan discovers.But here is sort of that caveat when I said, let's put a pin in that for a minute.

I would pose the following question to our viewers, Brian.Does anybody trust Todd Blanche?not to have potentially doctored or altered any of these unredacted documents that he just delivered to Judge Sullivan.I am not saying he did that, but what I am saying, Brian, is that we have seen So many instances where federal judges from coast -to -coast, including Trump appointees, have said the Department of Justice has lied in court, has withheld relevant information, has failed in its duty of candor to the court, has engaged in misrepresentations and outright fabrications.Do we put it above Todd Blanch to give all of these documents to Judge Sullivan in completely pristine condition without having been altered at all.

It's worth asking here, on that exact point, what are the consequences If it does come to pass that Todd Blanche had offered up doctored unredacted Epstein files to the judge.

Obstruction of justice, a criminal investigation when and if the law.you know, comes back into the light of day because Todd Blanche's dirty DOJ is not going to investigate Todd Blanche for any potential wrongdoing.But there are some other consequences.I want to set aside the consequences to Todd Blanche personally for a minute because I think the bigger picture here is one of Katie Fang's requests in the lawsuit she filed was that Judge Sullivan appoint a special meaning somebody who could actually take possession of all of the Epstein files and make recommendations to the court about, you know, what is required to be disclosed under the Epstein Files Transparency Act and what is properly redacted.You know, other cases we have seen when there were search warrants, for example, executed on Rudy Giuliani's home and his office and his electronic devices, a special master poured through all of that on behalf of the court to see what might enjoy attorney -client privilege such that prosecutors should not have been provided that information.The same thing could be done here.

And I do believe if Judge Sullivan catches Todd Blanch in any misrepresentations, that will sort of move Judge Sullivan in the direction of, you know, deciding, okay, I really can't trust DOJ.I'm going to need to have all of the Epstein files myself.I'll appoint a special master.He or she will go through it, probably with the assistance of a small team that they put together.And then the American people will ultimately get some transparency and get some full compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

So what is the end goal here?What do we have to look for Judge Sullivan to find for him to determine that there is no reason to continue suppressing these files and actually they should all be released?Once he has them in his possession, is it up to him?Is the prerogative on him to just determine whether or not these can be fully released now?Or does he have to order the DOJ to do it?How does this work?

Yeah, it's a good question.And I think Judge Sullivan is going to have to take things incrementally.because it's a very small subset of the Epstein files that he ordered DOJ to turn over.Only sort of these identified batches of files that Katie Fang was suing to have released publicly because they seemed to violate the Epstein Transparency Act.So that is the universe of what uh... judge sullivan is looking at now so i think you'll have to he'll have to take this incrementally the first thing he will do is to look at it if first of all uh... todd blanch was being straight with him and in fact only redacted for example victims names then judge sullivan could say okay i am now satisfied with respect to that batch but that doesn't answer all of the claims that were leveled by katie fang in her lawsuit so what i believe will happen, even if he satisfies himself with respect to this initial batch of unredacted files, is Katie Fang's lawsuit will continue on in other areas because, for example, there's a requirement that DOJ translate into English foreign language documentswere in the Epstein files, and they've just decided not to do it for reasons they never satisfactorily explained.

So there are still open claims to be litigated and ruled on by Judge Sullivan, but, you know, this is, I'm not going to say these are uncharted waters, but this is not your run -of -the -mill litigation in, you know, a car crash case where somebody is alleging that I was injured due to your negligent driving.You know, these are the kind of things that Judges don't often handle in federal courts or any court, so I think he's going to have to work through this incrementally.And I think we'll have our first clear sign of what he intends to do and the direction in which he might be heading when we get some kind of a notice or an order or a ruling from him saying, OK, I just went through the unredacted materials that I ordered the Department of Justice to deliver to me.And whatever comes after that end will give us a pretty good indication of where Judge Sullivan might be heading in the overarching lawsuit.

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that Todd Blanche could face an obstruction of justice charge if he were found to be meddling or interfering in these unredacted files in any way.You know, he does have this get out of jail free card in the form of a pardon.And I presume if Trump holds true to his general ethos as it relates to law and order, he's going to dole out pardons to everybody in his vicinity.as his personal criminal defense attorney.Sure, he may have the title of attorney general or acting attorney general, but we know why he's there.So knowing that he has this get out of jail free card in the form of a pardon, what other consequences could be awaiting him?

Would there be no federal charges that could be levied as the result of this pardon?But could we be talking about the suspension of his law license, for example?Just kind of give me a list of what we might be looking at in terms of actual accountability for Todd Blanche.

Yeah, Brian, here's a couple of thoughts about that.And this first one is one that I don't hear a lot of people discussing in legal circles or in political circles, quite frankly.But if Donald Trump delivers a pardon to Todd Blanch, and there is some sort of showing, there's some evidence that Todd Blanch and Donald Trump were actually in a conspiracy together to cover up potentially incriminating information about Donald Trump.I think it will be incumbent upon the next Department of Justice, again, once the rule of law comes back into the light of day, to march into court proudly and challenge that corruptly delivered pardon.Because I know we are always hearing that the pardon power of the president is plenary, it's untouchable, unconstrained, there are no limitations.I don't buy into that.

Because I happen to believe if there are corruptly delivered pardons and the Department of Justice went in and fought them tooth and nail, and the way you fight a corruptly delivered pardon is to criminally charge the person who is the recipient of that pardon, because then that person will alsoup the pardon as a defense and now we're litigating the legality, the validity of a corruptly delivered pardon.And if the federal courts want to rule that a president of the United States can commit all the crimes he wants and then can enlist a whole bunch of co -conspirators to either further his crimes or cover up his crimes and then he can just dole out pardons like Halloween candy and the federal judiciary, a co -equal branch of government says, you know what?That's good to go as far as we're concerned.That's exactly what the founders envisioned the pardon power should be.Then shame on the federal courts, but I don't happen to believe that the federal courts will be comfortable ruling that that's good to go in our American democracy.

They might.So the first thing we do is we have to challenge corruptly delivered pardons in court.The second observation I have is we are all kind of assuming that, you know, Donald Trump's probably going to deliver wholesale pardons, maybe his entire executive branch on his way out the door.But that presumes that Donald Trump has any loyalty toward these people, has any concern for the futures and the well -being of these people.And what we know about Donald Trump is he's loyal to nobody but himself, and his loyalty is always a one -way street.So I wouldn't bank on all of these pardons necessarily, being delivered, though they might.

The next thing is, OK, so what are the consequences?If there is a pardon for Todd Blanche, if it can't be successfully challenged in court, well, you already sort of hit the nail on the head.He can and will be referred to a state bar counsel.He already has been, by the way, for past transgressions.I believe he's barred in New York.That's where he holds his law license.

And I have to believe they will conduct a full, fair, apolitical ethics investigation.We'll find that he engaged in all sorts of ethical transgression.And the only open question is, what should the sanction be?In my opinion, the sanction, if they make those findings, should be the exact same sanction for other Trump lawyers like Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesbrough, and Jeffrey Clark.disbarment.You know, I don't know why the Todd Blanches of the world don't look at those other disbarred Trump lawyers as a cautionary tale and something to be avoided.

But, you know, Todd Blanche right now seems to be all in with dear leader.

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