Katie Phang Seeks $1,000-a-Day Fine Over Todd Blanche's Epstein Files Defiance
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Updated · Popular Information · Jul 15
Katie Phang Seeks $1,000-a-Day Fine Over Todd Blanche's Epstein Files Defiance
3 articles · Updated · Popular Information · Jul 15
Summary
July 13 court papers asked a federal judge to fine acting Attorney General Todd Blanche $1,000 per day until he releases Epstein-related records ordered by July 2.
Judge Emmet Sullivan had already ruled Blanche violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act, found Phang had standing, and said Blanche effectively conceded noncompliance by not contesting her core arguments.
Blanche says handwritten FBI notes from a victim interview are duplicative of released FD-302 summaries and too risky to redact, but Phang argues the law contains no such exemption and he offered no evidence the notes match.
Phang also says Blanche is still withholding at least four other categories of material, including identities in eight emails, four alleged co-conspirator names, non-English documents, and a required redaction log.
The dispute lands as the Senate Judiciary Committee considers Blanche's nomination to become U.S. attorney general, putting his Epstein-file handling at the center of his confirmation fight.