00:00I want to speak about justice for the Epstein victims and survivors, and I'm
00:05going to begin with the closing words of Virginia Roberts Dufresne in her book.
00:10It's literally the last paragraph. She writes, I hope for a world in which
00:14predators are punished, not protected. Victims are treated with compassion, not
00:20shamed, and powerful people face the same consequences as anyone else. I yearn too
00:26for a world in which the perpetrators face more shame than their victims do, and
00:31where anyone who's been trafficked can confront their abusers when they are
00:35ready, no matter how much time has passed. We don't live in this world yet. I mean
00:40seriously, where are those videotapes the FBI confiscated from Epstein's houses, and
00:47why haven't they led to prosecution of any more abusers? That's from Virginia. It was
00:55printed, as you know, posthumously after her death. Mr. Blanche, you and I had a
01:00chance a couple of weeks ago at the Department of Justice to speak about
01:04these cases. We discussed three things in connection with this monstrous
01:08decades-long crime spree. Number one, your failure to fully redact survivor
01:14information. Number two, your failure to follow the law and release the remaining
01:18files. And number three, your refusal to prosecute anybody else. Mr. Blanche, let's
01:26continue that inane conversation, but this time it's public. This time, and more
01:31importantly, it's under oath you're speaking to Congress. So let's get into it.
01:35When will you comply with the law and release all of the files? As I said to you
01:40when we spoke before, we have complied with the law. We have reviewed- There are three million more documents,
01:48and you know what I'm going to do.
01:48You know what you said to me? They're all duplicative, and they include another guy named Epstein.
01:53No, I didn't say that. Nobody's buying- That's what you said. I did not say that.
01:55That's what you said. So look- Reclaiming my time? Can I answer? Can I answer the question? No, you
01:58may not. I just gave you the answer you gave me.
02:00No, actually, it's my time, Mr. Chairman. I think those are the rules of this committee. I told him the
02:09answer he gave me, and now in public he's trying to say something else.
02:13Please stop the clock. Can I get that time back? May I have 20 seconds back, Mr. Chairman? Thank you.
02:18I very much appreciate that.
02:22Mr. Blanche. You don't want me to answer the question.
02:24Mr. Blanche, as you know, I've visited DOJ three times for as much as 10 hours, and I'll be going
02:30back.
02:30Does the Epstein File Transparency Act say that the file should be available to members of Congress with a minder
02:36at DOJ where you're in a secure room, you can't write on any of the binders, you can take your
02:43own notes?
02:44Is that what the Transparency Act says? It doesn't require we allow you to come to DOJ at all. We
02:48did that on our own.
02:49What does it say in terms of transparency? It says that they should be made publicly available. And they were.
02:55Am I correct? Publicly available. And they were.
02:57Oh, let's talk about that. Okay. Time of the gentlelady has expired.
03:06I beg your pardon. And I, I'd actually like to get 20 seconds back. How do I get cut off
03:12two minutes into this?
03:13Two minutes and 10 seconds. Time of the gentlelady has expired.
03:18I beg your pardon, Mr. Chairman. What rules are we operating under?
03:22That's not right. That's not right.
03:23Because he's under a little bit of heat for not prosecuting anyone in these monstrous crimes?
03:28I've been in the room. I have been there. This is what we, I had to do to transcribe, to
03:35show what is true.
03:38What is true is that the president has lied about being on Epstein's, Epstein's plane, and the unredacted files prove
03:45that.
03:45There's a lot in here. I am, I'm shocked at this. There's also this set of files in the, in
03:52the file.
03:53This is investigation into the potential co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein.
03:58I almost use up all the blank ink in the hallway because it's all covered up. It's all covered up.
04:06The American people are not stupid. They know that when members of Congress have to go in and actually unredact,
04:15try to find the truth for these victims, something is corrupt.
04:20Something is corrosive. You were paid $10 million to represent the president.
04:28You hang a 30-foot banner of the president's menacing face over the entrance to the Department of Justice.
04:36You said that if you were terminated or not moved forward as attorney general, you would say to the president,
04:41I love you, sir.
04:42So I have one question for you. Is your obligation to the victims and survivors of Epstein's heinous crimes and
04:51all his perpetrators?
04:53Or is your first obligation to the president of the United States?
04:56So without a doubt, we want to bring justice to every victim.
05:02When will you bring that justice?
05:03Can I please finish?
05:05Excuse me.
05:06Can I finish?
05:07It's been decades.
05:07Can I finish?
05:08When will you bring the justice?
05:10So as I was saying-
05:11When will you prosecute?
05:12Oh.
05:12And who will you prosecute?
05:14Can I speak?
05:14Please allow the witness to ask-
05:16You told me in our conversation-
05:18You blamed the victims.
05:19Every victim, every victim of Mr. Epstein-
05:21He told me that the victims didn't give good names.
05:24Let me be crystal clear that this Department of Justice will always, will always protect victims and will always prosecute
05:35anybody we can.
05:36Okay?
05:37Full stop.
05:38No ifs, ands, or buts.
05:40Okay?
05:40What you are showing in a game of showmanship are redactions because of victims.
05:45Because that prosecution memorandum talks about-
05:48Perpetrators.
05:48Excuse me?
05:49Perpetrators too.
05:49How do you know that?
05:51Go ahead.
05:53Talk to the victims.
05:54Exactly.
05:54Talk to the victims.
05:55So they're victims.
05:56They're victims' names which we are required to redact.
05:59Required by law to redact, which we did.
06:02Okay?
06:03So I take umbrage to the idea-
06:04Mr. Chairman, I realize I'm over time.
06:06I thank you for that indulgence.
06:08I have-
06:09I want to ask for unanimous consent to enter records into the-
06:13onto the record.
06:14May I do that now?
06:15Without objection.
06:17The item of the gentlelady has expired.
06:19Mr. Alford-
06:20I-
06:20I would like to enter these records.
06:22May I please list what they are, sir?
06:25You-
06:26You had your chance.
06:27Mr. Alford-
06:28You're denying me the chance to list what these records are?
06:31Mr. Alford-
06:36Do you want to respond to any of these allegations?
06:38Mr. Alford- Well, look, I think that the idea that this Department of Justice does not stand up to
06:45victims and does not do everything we can, stand up for victims rather, do everything we can to prosecute anybody
06:50who harms our most vulnerable ignores the facts.
06:54We will always protect victims.
06:56We have said from the beginning, anybody, whether it's their lawyer, whether it's a victim who wants to meet with
07:02the FBI or who has information, they don't have to come in.
07:04They can use their lawyers.
07:06They can use nonprofit groups.
07:07I've spoken to nonprofit groups.
07:09My leadership team has spoken to nonprofit groups and victims.
07:12When we released the Epstein files earlier this year, I spent the whole weekend on the phone with many of
07:18Epstein's victims' lawyers, and Director Patel has said the same thing.
07:23And so I will say again, if there is a lawyer or a victim who has information, please come forward.
07:29And it doesn't mean coming forward to a congressman's office.
07:32It means coming forward to the FBI.
07:34And if there's nervousness or if there's something that it's a difficult thing to do, we will work with you.
07:40That's what we do.
07:40That's what the FBI does.
07:42And that's what we've said for months and months, and it remains as true today as it was the first
07:47time we said.
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