Epstein survivor describes Todd Blanche meeting as ‘emotional’ and ‘not productive’

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Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., a key vote for confirmation, suggested Thursday that he would not back Blanche until the nominee met with the survivors of the late sex offender’s abuse.

Epstein survivors and family members stand behind former Attorney General John Ashcroft and Dani Bensky as she speaks on Capitol Hill on Thursday.Win McNamee / Getty Images

July 16, 2026, 9:13 PM EDT / Updated July 17, 2026, 6:59 PM EDT

By Raquel Coronell Uribe and Gary Grumbach

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, met with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse Thursday afternoon, in a meeting that they described in opposite terms.

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