Senate Votes 50-49 to Confirm Lawyer Who Can't Handle Epstein Files

KEY POINTS

•The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche early Saturday morning by a narrow 50-49 margin.
•Blanche faced harsh criticism for mishandling Epstein case files with improper redactions.
•Senators postponed action on President Trump's voting bill until after the recess.

In a nail-biting 50-49 Senate vote worthy of a reality TV plot twist, Todd Blanche got the green light as the new attorney general—despite his infamous 'sloppy rollout' of Jeffrey Epstein files that redacted the names of the innocent and revealed those of victims like he was playing a sinister version of Mad Libs. Blanche initially refused to meet Epstein survivors during his confirmation hearing, then agreed in classic politician style, only to deliver an awkward group chat with few answers. Senators decided to kick Trump's voting bill can down the road until after recess, probably because even they needed a break from this drama.

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Confirming a lawyer who botched Epstein docs like they were IKEA instructions was only a 50-49 call—rest assured democracy is holding on by a sheer thread.

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Todd Blanche’s confirmation proves that so long as you say 'I’m not perfect' loudly enough, you skip the tough questions. Genius move.

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Epstein file redactions so bad they’d make a toddler’s coloring book look professional, yet here we are, new AG by one vote.

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