
NY Post - 9 hours 57 min ago
New Mexico's attorney general sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday, accusing it of blocking the state from investigating sex crimes at Jeffrey Epstein's former ranch near Santa Fe.

NBC News - 13 hours 10 min ago
New Mexico attorney general Ra l Torrez is suing Todd Blanche and the Justice Department for blocking the state from gaining access to the unredacted Epstein files. Torres joins Hallie Jackson to explain the significance of gaining access to the files.

NBC News - 13 hours 23 min ago
Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) met with acting attorney general Todd Blanche on Capitol Hill in a basement hideaway room about his nomination to be attorney general. NBC News' Ryan Reilly reports.

ABC News - 14 hours 32 min ago
The New Mexico AG has sued the DOJ to force the release of unredacted Epstein files he says are necessary to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's alleged crimes in his state.

The Hill - 15 hours 53 min ago
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday deferred questions on U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro's future to President Trump, saying "that's his call." Blanche, who once was Trump's personal attorney, told reporters that "Judge Pirro is doing a great job" a day after the president said he hadn't "made a determination"...

Huffington Post - 16 hours 58 min ago
Notably, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declined to defend Pirro on Wednesday.

The Hill - 17 hours 20 sec ago
New Mexico is suing the Justice Department for access to a set of unredacted Jeffrey Epstein records, alleging the agency is withholding documents that could aid the state's investigation into the disgraced financier's alleged crimes at a remote ranch outside Santa Fe. The 40-page complaint, which also names acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, accuses DOJ...

New York Times - 17 hours 45 min ago
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said that President Trump "has every right to be extraordinarily frustrated with the damage done to our national monuments in this city and elsewhere."...

The Independent - 18 hours 23 min ago
Justice Department actively hurting' state's criminal investigation by delaying release of unredacted documents, attorney general says...

The Guardian - 18 hours 32 min ago
Filing by attorney general Ra l Torrez comes after DoJ appears to have ignored deadline for key Epstein ranch files New Mexico filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice and acting attorney general Todd Blanche on Wednesday for "stonewalling" its criminal investigation into the activities of the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at a remote ranch in the state. Ra l Torrez, the New Mexico attorney general, had said he was mulling the possibility of legal action if...

New York Times - 18 hours 36 min ago
New Mexico's attorney general, Ra l Torrez, in Santa Fe, N.M., in May. In the filing, Mr. Torrez accused Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, and other Justice Department leaders of "stonewalling" New Mexico's inquiry into Mr. Epstein's possible crimes in the state.

The Hill - 19 hours 17 min ago
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) says he will vote against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination to serve in the role permanently, putting more pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to limit GOP defections on the high-profile nominee. "If you're going to bring up Blanche, I'm not going to vote for him," Fetterman told...

Newser - 21 hours 16 min ago
The state of New Mexico sued the Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday, saying the federal government blocked the state's ability to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes at a ranch there. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, DC, said the Justice Department and...