{"id":1265,"date":"2026-06-09T06:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2026-06-09T06:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:37:09","slug":"coverup-bill-kristol-maps-out-path-to-take-down-trumps-ag-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1265","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Coverup&#8217;: Bill Kristol maps out path to take down Trump\u2019s AG pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Conservative columnist Bill Kristol wants the Senate confirmation of <strong>Todd Blanche<\/strong>, President Donald Trump\u2019s stated nominee for U.S. attorney general, to become a referendum on the administration\u2019s handling of the Epstein files \u2014 tying Blanche directly to the \u201ccoverup\u201d he says Trump rewarded him for managing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1264\">Trump\u2019s 2020 obsession backfires in swing state as FBI probe reveals terrifying truth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Writing at The Bulwark, Kristol calls Blanche \u201cthe prime orchestrator and key executor of the Trump administration\u2019s Jeffrey Epstein coverup.\u201d He argues that the senators\u2019 vote on Blanche \u201cshould become\u201d a vote on Epstein, and sees the confirmation process as \u201ca chance to force a real public debate, with real Senate votes, on the Epstein coverup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kristol points to Bondi\u2019s testimony that Blanche \u201cwas leading the Epstein matter and the release of everything from the beginning\u201d and supervised the \u201centire process\u201d of how the files were handled.<\/p>\n<p>He also calls Blanche \u201cthe most visible public defender of the coverup, and of the decision not to investigate or prosecute anyone else for crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blanche has worked to bury the Epstein files, Kristol argues. While still deputy attorney general, he told Fox News, \u201cAnd so I think that to the extent that the Epstein files was a part of the past year of this Justice Department, it should not be a part of anything going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kristol says the \u201cEpstein coverup <em>should<\/em> be part, a key part, of one thing going forward: It should be a key part of the upcoming debate on Blanche\u2019s confirmation as attorney general. The Blanche confirmation fight can bring the Epstein coverup back into the spotlight this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1262\">\u2018Petty and vindictive\u2019 Trump \u2018is being publicly humiliated on the world stage\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In February, when Blanche was asked by Fox News\u2019 Laura Ingraham whether there was \u201cany chance that any of these individuals who partied with Epstein and engaged in relations with minors\u201d would be prosecuted, Blanche responded, \u201cI\u2019ll never say no, and we will always investigate any evidence of misconduct, but as you know, it is not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd some of these men may have done horrible things, and if we have evidence that allows us to prosecute them, you better believe we will,\u201d Blanche continued. \u201cBut it\u2019s also the kind of thing that the American people need to understand that it isn\u2019t a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kristol latches on to that remark and repeats it, before writing that the DOJ \u201ccould now be following up on the testimony of scores of survivors to finally, properly investigate those crimes and their perpetrators. 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