Acting Attorney General Blanche Rejects Speculation About Bondi’s Departure

‘A lot of what you just said about what happened to the attorney general is simply not true,’ he told Fox News.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks to reporters in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 27, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Interim Attorney General Todd Blanche dismissed speculation that Pam Bondi left her position as attorney general in connection with how she handled the release of case files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, just hours after he was tapped to be the interim attorney general, Blanche said that the Epstein files should not be the focus of the Department of Justice (DOJ).