VAN HOLLEN, MURRAY CALL OUT BLANCHE FOR FAILING TO MEET WITH EPSTEIN SURVIVORS, PRESS HIM TO MAKE GOOD ON HIS COMMITMENT

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), and Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, called on Acting United States Attorney General Todd Blanche to fulfill the commitment he made at the May 19, 2026, CJS Appropriations hearing to meet with Epstein survivors. The Senators' letter comes nearly two months after Acting AG Blanche committed to meet with the survivors in response to the Senators' questioning at the hearing and nearly seven months after the first tranche of Epstein files were released by ...