Todd Blanche Meets Epstein Survivors as Confirmation Vote Hangs in the Balance (7/17/26)

Todd Blanche Meets Epstein Survivors as Confirmation Vote Hangs in the Balance (7/17/26)

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche met with several Jeffrey Epstein survivors at the Justice Department as his confirmation vote remained uncertain in the Senate. Afterward, Annie Farmer said the meeting strengthened her belief that senators should reject his nomination, describing Blanche as abrasive, condescending and deliberately noncommittal. Farmer said Blanche would not promise to investigate why the FBI ignored her sister Maria Farmer’s 1996 complaint, believed to be the first known federal report accusing Epstein of sexually exploiting minors. She also accused Blanche of refusing to accept responsibility for failures under his leadership, withholding documents related to charging decisions and providing an unsatisfactory explanation for his previous meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell. Blanche characterized the meeting as productive and said he encouraged survivors to provide any information that could support new prosecutions, although he acknowledged that they did not present new evidence during the discussion. The meeting occurred after Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said he would not support moving Blanche’s nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee until Blanche personally met with Epstein’s victims. Survivor Dani Bensky had testified that Blanche repeatedly failed to respond to her requests for a meeting, while Blanche initially gave conflicting answers about whether he could meet directly with represented survivors. Tillis said he was trying to support the nomination, but made clear that Blanche’s treatment of the survivors would be an important factor in securing his vote. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: Epstein survivor says acting AG Blanche was 'abrasive, condescending' during meeting - ABC News [https://abcnews.com/Politics/blanche-meet-epstein-victims-earn-confirmation-vote-sen/story?id=134823103]

Anti-Monarchy Activists Bring the Epstein Scandal Inside Buckingham Palace (7/17/26)

Two activists from the anti-monarchy group Republic entered Buckingham Palace during public visiting hours and staged a protest inside the Throne Room. After blending in with other tourists, they unveiled a large image of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with Jeffrey Epstein and displayed a banner asking, “What did you know?” The demonstration was designed to confront the monarchy over its handling of the Epstein scandal and to demand answers about what senior members of the royal family, including King Charles and Prince William, may have known about Andrew’s relationship with Epstein. Republic argued that the royal household has relied on secrecy and institutional protection rather than providing a full account of Andrew’s conduct and the extent of the palace’s knowledge. The group’s chief executive, Graham Smith, said it was implausible that senior royals and palace officials remained unaware of the controversy surrounding Andrew for so many years. The protest comes amid renewed scrutiny of Andrew following damaging disclosures about his communications with Epstein and continuing investigations into alleged misconduct. Buckingham Palace did not immediately comment on the demonstration. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: Anti-monarchy protesters unfurl Andrew and Epstein banner in Buckingham Palace throne room | Daily Mail Online [https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15973723/Protesters-storm-Buckingham-Palace.html]

Mega Edition: Todd Blanche And The Mechanics Of The Epstein Coverup (7/17/26)

Todd Blanche has become an integral figure in what critics describe as the continuing institutional coverup of Jeffrey Epstein because he has repeatedly used the authority of the Justice Department to control what the public sees, limit meaningful scrutiny and defend a disclosure process riddled with omissions, damaging mistakes and unanswered questions. He personally interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell behind closed doors, participated in the department’s heavily criticized handling of millions of Epstein-related records and defended releases that exposed identifying information about survivors while still withholding or redacting material connected to powerful people. Under his leadership, the Justice Department has resisted demands for broader disclosure, fought litigation seeking additional records and insisted that it has found no solid evidence that Epstein trafficked victims to other men, even though Blanche has acknowledged that other participants existed. The result has been a process that appears far more focused on managing political fallout and controlling the narrative than aggressively following every remaining lead. Epstein survivors have condemned Blanche’s role, arguing that senior officials treated the scandal as a reputational crisis instead of an unfinished criminal investigation. Blanche’s significance is not simply that he inherited a broken system, but that he repeatedly chose to defend and preserve it. He has minimized the department’s failures, resisted committing himself to personally meeting with survivors and asked the public to trust conclusions reached through a process that has remained secretive, inconsistent and largely insulated from independent examination. Even when Congress, courts, journalists and survivors demanded clearer answers, Blanche’s Justice Department continued to determine unilaterally which records would be released, how extensively they would be redacted and what investigative conclusions the public was expected to accept. That does not by itself prove that Blanche is concealing a specific criminal act or protecting a particular individual, but it explains why he has become central to allegations of a coverup. By obstructing transparency, shielding the department’s internal decision-making and presenting disputed conclusions as though the Epstein matter has been thoroughly resolved, Blanche has helped perpetuate the same culture of secrecy and institutional self-protection that allowed Epstein and his associates to evade full accountability for decades. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protommail.com

Mega Edition: Ghislaine Maxwell And Her Plan to Lay Low After Epstein's Arrest (7/17/26)

In her sworn deposition from 2016 (unsealed in 2020), Virginia Giuffre detailed how Ghislaine Maxwell recruited, groomed, and trafficked her into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation starting when she was 16. She testified that Maxwell approached her at Mar-a-Lago in 2000 under the pretense of offering her work as a masseuse for a wealthy benefactor. That “job” quickly evolved into sexual abuse. According to Giuffre, Maxwell took an active role in teaching her how to sexually service Epstein, including hands-on “training” sessions involving Maxwell herself. She stated that Maxwell instructed her to recruit other underage girls and was fully aware — and involved — in the trafficking scheme. Maxwell not only facilitated the abuse, Giuffre claimed, but also participated in it, organizing flights, outfits, and sex schedules for Epstein and his associates. Giuffre’s deposition also included accusations that she was trafficked to powerful men at Maxwell’s direction. She named Prince Andrew, Alan Dershowitz, Jean-Luc Brunel, Bill Richardson, George Mitchell, and Glenn Dubin among the men she was forced to have sex with — often in Epstein’s residences or on his private jet, the “Lolita Express.” Giuffre detailed incidents of sexual abuse at Epstein’s private island (Little St. James), in Maxwell’s London townhouse, and at Epstein’s New York and Palm Beach homes. She described Maxwell’s role as operational: coordinating travel, preparing the girls, dictating what to wear (often schoolgirl outfits), and ensuring silence through emotional manipulation and threats. Giuffre testified that Maxwell told her to be “grateful” and warned her that speaking out would have consequences — including death. Throughout the deposition, Giuffre emphasized that she was a minor being trafficked across state and international lines, and that Maxwell was not only aware but orchestrating every detail. Her statements were corroborated years later by other victims and led to Maxwell’s 2021 conviction on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. to  contact me; bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: 1090-32.pdf [https://www.appealslawgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/1090-32.pdf]

Mega Edition: Ghislaine Maxwell And Her Life After Conviction (7/16/26)

In her sworn deposition from 2016 (unsealed in 2020), Virginia Giuffre detailed how Ghislaine Maxwell recruited, groomed, and trafficked her into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation starting when she was 16. She testified that Maxwell approached her at Mar-a-Lago in 2000 under the pretense of offering her work as a masseuse for a wealthy benefactor. That “job” quickly evolved into sexual abuse. According to Giuffre, Maxwell took an active role in teaching her how to sexually service Epstein, including hands-on “training” sessions involving Maxwell herself. She stated that Maxwell instructed her to recruit other underage girls and was fully aware — and involved — in the trafficking scheme. Maxwell not only facilitated the abuse, Giuffre claimed, but also participated in it, organizing flights, outfits, and sex schedules for Epstein and his associates. Giuffre’s deposition also included accusations that she was trafficked to powerful men at Maxwell’s direction. She named Prince Andrew, Alan Dershowitz, Jean-Luc Brunel, Bill Richardson, George Mitchell, and Glenn Dubin among the men she was forced to have sex with — often in Epstein’s residences or on his private jet, the “Lolita Express.” Giuffre detailed incidents of sexual abuse at Epstein’s private island (Little St. James), in Maxwell’s London townhouse, and at Epstein’s New York and Palm Beach homes. She described Maxwell’s role as operational: coordinating travel, preparing the girls, dictating what to wear (often schoolgirl outfits), and ensuring silence through emotional manipulation and threats. Giuffre testified that Maxwell told her to be “grateful” and warned her that speaking out would have consequences — including death. Throughout the deposition, Giuffre emphasized that she was a minor being trafficked across state and international lines, and that Maxwell was not only aware but orchestrating every detail. Her statements were corroborated years later by other victims and led to Maxwell’s 2021 conviction on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. to  contact me; bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: 1090-32.pdf [https://www.appealslawgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/1090-32.pdf]