Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche pledged last month that the Justice Department was not protecting anyone — least of all Donald Trump. The gist was this: Grant clemency to Maxwell, a convicted sex trafficker, and she’ll put the president in the clear. Blanche, in an online exchange with Massie on Monday night, said that the Justice Department is “hiding nothing.”Democratic Rep. James Walkinshaw demanded answers. For example, both President Trump and President Clinton are innocent of any wrongdoing.”Neither the current nor the ex-president has been charged with any crime in connection to Epstein. In the US, the Justice Department is run by Trump loyalists who’ve heard his calls for the country to move on.

Source: CNN February 10, 2026 06:39 UTC