{"id":"1794351899664-news-segment","slug":"blanche-stalls-on-epstein-lawsuit-deadline","title":"Blanche stalls on Epstein lawsuit deadline","summary":"Judge Emmet Sullivan's Sept. 16, 2026 order required Acting AG Todd Blanche to file a certified list of the administrative record contents by Oct. 1, 2026, and produce the record by Oct. 15. Blanche filed after business hours on Oct. 1 asking to suspend those deadlines, a move Phang's lawyers called another delay tactic.","publishedAt":"2026-11-10T23:04:59.664Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"News Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Judge Emmet Sullivan's Sept. 16, 2026 order required Acting AG Todd Blanche to file a certified list of the administrative record contents by Oct. 1, 2026, and produce the record by Oct. 15. Blanche filed after business hours on Oct. 1 asking to suspend those deadlines, a move Phang's lawyers called another delay tactic.\nSource: [getpodcast.com](https://getpodcast.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles/katie-phang-responds-to-todd-blanches-latest-motion-to-postpone-part-21bdb977548), [law.j (https://x.com/CandaceBlument2/status/2120290198172950658)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Judge Emmet Sullivan's Sept. 16, 2026 order required Acting AG Todd Blanche to file a certified list of the administrative record contents by Oct. 1, 2026, and produce the record by Oct. 15. Blanche filed after business hours on Oct. 1 asking to suspend those deadlines, a move Phang's lawyers called another delay tactic.","sourceName":"[getpodcast.com](https://getpodcast.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles/katie-phang-responds-to-todd-blanches-latest-motion-to-postpone-part-21bdb977548), [law.j","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/CandaceBlument2/status/2120290198172950658","claim":"AG Blanche Tries To DODGE Judge’s Order In MY EPSTEIN Lawsuit!?! https://t.co/08KCMCawaL via @YouTube","author":"Candace Blumenthal (@CandaceBlument2)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/CandaceBlument2/status/2120290198172950658","name":"[getpodcast.com](https://getpodcast.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles/katie-phang-responds-to-todd-blanches-latest-motion-to-postpone-part-21bdb977548), [law.j","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Candace Blumenthal (@CandaceBlument2)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794351899664-news-segment-blanche-stalls-on-epstein-lawsuit-deadline","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794351899664-news-segment-blanche-stalls-on-epstein-lawsuit-deadline","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1794351899664-news-segment-blanche-stalls-on-epstein-lawsuit-deadline and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Brian","text":"Todd Blanche just tried to put an Epstein lawsuit order on ice."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Blanche? As in the acting attorney general?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"The same. Candace Blumenthal posted a video on X about it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"What did she say?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"Her video title basically says the acting AG is dodging a judge's order in the Epstein lawsuit."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Strong charge. What's the order?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"Judge Emmet Sullivan set two deadlines."},{"host":"Brian","text":"October first, file a certified list of the records."},{"host":"Brian","text":"October fifteenth, produce the actual record."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"Blanche filed after business hours on October first."},{"host":"Brian","text":"He asked the court to suspend both deadlines."},{"host":"Bella","text":"So he waited until the first deadline was gone. Then asked to pause it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"His side says they need more time. Phang's lawyers call it another delay tactic."},{"host":"Bella","text":"This is Katie Phang's lawsuit against Blanche. Epstein-related records. Every month of delay matters."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Hold on. He's not refusing to produce anything."},{"host":"Brian","text":"He's asking the court to adjust a schedule. That's routine lawyering."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Routine? He's the acting attorney general."},{"host":"Bella","text":"He had weeks. Filing after hours on a deadline is a choice."},{"host":"Brian","text":"After hours is ugly, but it's not a cover-up."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I didn't call it a cover-up. I called it delay."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Epstein records have a long history of delay."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The judge hasn't ruled yet. If Sullivan says no, Blanche has to comply immediately."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the problem. He can stall until the judge forces him."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Oh, come on. You can't call every scheduling request bad faith."},{"host":"Bella","text":"When was the last time a routine request came after the deadline had passed?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"He filed on October first. The order said file by October first."},{"host":"Bella","text":"He filed a motion to suspend, not the list the judge ordered."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The motion is a filing. Courts sometimes allow that."},{"host":"Bella","text":"So you'd be okay if a company delivered a box instead of the report, and the box said 'more time please'?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's not the same."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's exactly the same. He substituted a request for delay for the actual records."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The actual records might involve sensitive material. Maybe he's checking what can be released."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Then file a partial list and explain."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Don't blow through the deadline with a request to erase it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I'll give you this: the optics are terrible."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Even if it's standard lawyering, it looks like the same old stall."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's all I'm saying."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Epstein lawsuit, a powerful official, a deadline treated like a suggestion."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And if the judge grants it, the delay is legal. That matters."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Legal and right aren't the same thing."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The court can allow it and still be a bad look for the Justice Department."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And there's a post on X from Humaira that captures the mood."},{"host":"Bella","text":"What does she say?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"She says every morning she wakes up to news of another man accused of sexual assault, arrested or being prosecuted."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's a grim daily reality."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It's not a courtroom point. It's the backdrop people bring to this delay."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But the judge's ruling will decide if this was just procedure."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Until then, Candace's video has done its job. People are watching."}]}