BTodd Blanche just tried to put an Epstein lawsuit order on ice.
BBlanche? As in the acting attorney general?
BThe same. Candace Blumenthal posted a video on X about it.
BWhat did she say?
BHer video title basically says the acting AG is dodging a judge's order in the Epstein lawsuit.
BStrong charge. What's the order?
BJudge Emmet Sullivan set two deadlines.
BOctober first, file a certified list of the records.
BOctober fifteenth, produce the actual record.
BAnd?
BBlanche filed after business hours on October first.
BHe asked the court to suspend both deadlines.
BSo he waited until the first deadline was gone. Then asked to pause it.
BHis side says they need more time. Phang's lawyers call it another delay tactic.
BThis is Katie Phang's lawsuit against Blanche. Epstein-related records. Every month of delay matters.
BHold on. He's not refusing to produce anything.
BHe's asking the court to adjust a schedule. That's routine lawyering.
BRoutine? He's the acting attorney general.
BHe had weeks. Filing after hours on a deadline is a choice.
BAfter hours is ugly, but it's not a cover-up.
BI didn't call it a cover-up. I called it delay.
BEpstein records have a long history of delay.
BThe judge hasn't ruled yet. If Sullivan says no, Blanche has to comply immediately.
BThat's the problem. He can stall until the judge forces him.
BOh, come on. You can't call every scheduling request bad faith.
BWhen was the last time a routine request came after the deadline had passed?
BHe filed on October first. The order said file by October first.
BHe filed a motion to suspend, not the list the judge ordered.
BThe motion is a filing. Courts sometimes allow that.
BSo you'd be okay if a company delivered a box instead of the report, and the box said 'more time please'?
BThat's not the same.
BIt's exactly the same. He substituted a request for delay for the actual records.
BThe actual records might involve sensitive material. Maybe he's checking what can be released.
BThen file a partial list and explain.
BDon't blow through the deadline with a request to erase it.
BI'll give you this: the optics are terrible.
BEven if it's standard lawyering, it looks like the same old stall.
BThat's all I'm saying.
BEpstein lawsuit, a powerful official, a deadline treated like a suggestion.
BAnd if the judge grants it, the delay is legal. That matters.
BLegal and right aren't the same thing.
BThe court can allow it and still be a bad look for the Justice Department.
BAnd there's a post on X from Humaira that captures the mood.
BWhat does she say?
BShe says every morning she wakes up to news of another man accused of sexual assault, arrested or being prosecuted.
BThat's a grim daily reality.
BIt's not a courtroom point. It's the backdrop people bring to this delay.
BBut the judge's ruling will decide if this was just procedure.
BUntil then, Candace's video has done its job. People are watching.