2026-06-05 15:26 EDT / 福克斯新闻
两党参议员均批评了爱泼斯坦相关数百万份文件公布过程中的删改流程和文件缺失问题
作者：伊莱恩·马伦 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年6月5日下午3:26 EDT | 更新于2026年6月5日下午3:28 EDT
前司法部长帕姆·邦迪透露，上月末在国会闭门听证会上，时任司法部副部长的托德·布兰奇负责牵头公布爱泼斯坦案的数百万份文件。
“作为肩负广泛职责的大部门负责人，我并未主导这项工作的方方面面，也没有亲自开展文件审查，”邦迪在听证会上表示，“我将这一流程的监督工作委托给了副司法部长托德·布兰奇。”
就在唐纳德·特朗普总统宣布打算提名布兰奇为常驻司法部长人选的一天后，众议院监督委员会公布了邦迪5月29日听证会的 transcript。由于两党议员都对这批文件的公布方式提出了严厉批评，布兰奇的提名确认程序可能会变得复杂。
布兰奇自4月2日特朗普宣布解雇邦迪以来，一直担任代理司法部长。
爱泼斯坦文件公布时限逾期，凸显30天内审查海量文件的挑战
2026年6月2日，美国代理司法部长托德·布兰奇抵达华盛顿特区雷伯恩众议院办公大楼，出席众议院拨款委员会下属的商业、司法、科学及相关机构小组委员会听证会。(安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社)
这份将爱泼斯坦文件公布的责任完全归咎于布兰奇的听证会 transcript，公布于布兰奇在一场听证会上宣布司法部将废除备受争议的“反武器化基金”数天之后。该基金旨在为受到政治化起诉的受害者提供赔偿，批评者称其为特朗普及其支持者的“ slush fund（黑金基金）”。由布兰奇负责监督的司法部对爱泼斯坦文件的处理方式以及“反武器化基金”一事，已引发两党议员的担忧。
邦迪的证词显示，布兰奇是她在爱泼斯坦案中的核心副手，负责向她汇报爱泼斯坦文件的公布情况。
去年7月，司法部和联邦调查局联合发布声明称，没有证据表明曾有数百名未成年受害者的定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦保留了客户名单，邦迪因此陷入困境。
邦迪称爱泼斯坦客户名单“此刻就在我的办公桌上”，同时正在审查肯尼迪、马丁·路德·金文件
2026年2月11日，时任美国司法部长帕姆·邦迪在华盛顿特区雷伯恩众议院办公大楼出席众议院司法委员会听证会作证。(亚历克斯·王/盖蒂图片社)
邦迪在5月的听证会上表示，这份联合声明是由布兰奇起草的，而非她本人。此前特朗普政府已数月来不断放出风声，称将公布爱泼斯坦案文件。2025年2月，福克斯新闻主持人约翰·罗伯茨向邦迪询问爱泼斯坦“客户名单”的公布情况，邦迪回应称该名单“就放在她的办公桌上”。事后邦迪和白宫澄清，她当时指的是全部文件，而非爱泼斯坦的“客户名单”。
国会议员询问邦迪，为何布兰奇在联合备忘录公布数周后，还约谈了在押的爱泼斯坦同党吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦。邦迪回应称，布兰奇“从一开始就主导着爱泼斯坦案以及所有相关文件的公布工作”。
邦迪表示，特朗普在2025年11月签署《爱泼斯坦文件透明度法案》后，布兰奇负责监督数百万份文件的公布工作，其中包括监督删改流程、制定相关协议和指南、确定哪些文件享有特权，以及对删改内容进行更正。
众议员托马斯·马西与众议员罗·卡纳、玛乔丽·泰勒·格林在国会山外就《爱泼斯坦文件透明度法案》举行新闻发布会，2025年11月18日，华盛顿特区。(希瑟·迪尔/盖蒂图片社)
司法部披露爱泼斯坦文件遭抨击：网站故障、文件缺失、删改问题
“他负责了整个流程以及爱泼斯坦文件的全部公布工作，”邦迪说道。
但司法部因未能为部分爱泼斯坦受害者的可识别信息全部完成删改而受到审查，同时还被指控删改过度，部分文件完全缺失。这促使两党参议员团体在3月致信，要求政府问责局对司法部的删改流程展开调查。
信中写道：“司法部不仅扣留了文件，已披露的记录也大多是早已公开的信息。即便如此，这些文件也被删改得面目全非，人们有充分理由质疑司法部是否正确适用了该法案允许的有限删改例外条款。此外，有几份文件在未作任何解释的情况下，从司法部实际公布的文件中被移除了。”
参议院共和党议员要求州、联邦法院“立即解封所有”爱泼斯坦文件
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不过，邦迪在听证会上表示，她并未指责布兰奇，并称删改流程的错误率为1%，这是布兰奇告诉她的数字。
“他负责了这项调查——这是一项艰巨的任务——几乎没有出现任何错误，”邦迪在听证会上说道，“在我看来，托德做得非常出色，作为我们的司法部长，他现在也表现得非常出色。”
在闭门作证后，邦迪反驳了加州民主党众议员罗伯特·加西亚的指控，后者称邦迪将爱泼斯坦文件公布的责任推给了布兰奇。
“绝非事实，”邦迪在X平台上发帖称，“我称赞了代理司法部长布兰奇对这项艰巨任务的管理。我说过他的道德无可指摘，他是一位出色的司法部长。”
白宫发言人表示，布兰奇正在“出色地”完成工作，并将继续表现出色。
“托德·布兰奇是一位美国爱国者，他无畏地代表特朗普总统对抗民主党人非法且前所未有的法律战，”白宫发言人阿比盖尔·杰克逊说道，“总统在司法部的整个团队都在出色地倡导理智、法律与秩序，以及保障美国民众安全的政策。”
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布兰奇的提名预计还将遭到民主党人的审查，他们质疑这位前特朗普辩护律师能否作为独立的司法部长履职。上月，加州民主党参议员亚当·希夫发起参议院司法委员会调查，指控布兰奇无视道德指导建议，未在涉及特朗普的司法部事务中主动回避——他此前曾担任特朗普的私人律师。
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Bondi’s replacement saddled with Epstein baggage as he awaits grueling confirmation battle
2026-06-05 15:26 EDT / Fox News
Senators in both parties have criticized the redaction process and missing documents from the millions of files released
By Elaine Mallon Fox News
Published June 5, 2026 3:26pm EDT | Updated June 5, 2026 3:28pm EDT
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed that Todd Blanche, who at the time was second in command at the Justice Department, was put in charge of the release of the millions of documents from the Epstein files during her closed-door hearing before Congress late last month.
“As the head of a large department with broad responsibilities, I did not lead every aspect of this effort nor conduct that document review myself,” Bondi said during the hearing. “I delegated that oversight over this process to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.”
The House Oversight Committee released its transcript from Bondi’s May 29 hearing just a day after President Donald Trump announced he intended to nominate Blanche as his permanent attorney general nominee, potentially complicating Blanche’s confirmation as senators on both sides of the political aisle have heavily criticized the files’ rollout.
Blanche has been serving as Acting Attorney General since April 2, when Trump announced Bondi’s dismissal.
LAPSED EPSTEIN DEADLINE UNDERSCORES CHALLENGE OF REVIEWING TROVES OF FILES IN 30 DAYS
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche arrives to a House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on June 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The release of the transcript, which placed responsibility for the Epstein files rollout squarely on Blanche’s shoulders, comes just days after Blanche announced during a hearing that the Justice Department will be eliminating its controversial Anti-Weaponization Fund, which was created to compensate alleged victims of politicized prosecution and labeled a “slush fund” for Trump and his supporters by critics. The Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files and the Anti-Weaponization Fund, both overseen by Blanche, has drawn concern from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers.
Bondi’s testimony revealed that Blanche had been her point man on the Epstein files and was tasked with briefing her on the release of the Epstein files.
The former attorney general found herself in hot water last July following a joint release by the Justice Department and FBI finding that there was no evidence that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who is alleged to have hundreds of underage victims, had kept a client list.
BONDI SAYS EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST ‘SITTING ON MY DESK RIGHT NOW’, AND IS REVIEWING JFK, MLK FILES
Then-U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Feb. 11, 2026 in Washington, D.C.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The joint statement, which Bondi said during May’s hearing was penned by Blanche and not her, comes after months of the Trump administration teasing the release of the Epstein files. In February 2025, Fox News’ John Roberts asked Bondi about the release of Epstein’s “client list,” which Bondi responded by saying that it was “sitting on her desk.” Bondi and the White House clarified after the fact that she was referring to the files as a whole and not Epstein’s “client list.”
Members of Congress asked Bondi why Blanche interviewed Epstein’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, who was in prison, weeks after the joint memo release. Bondi replied by saying Blanche “was leading the Epstein matter and the release of everything from the beginning.”
Once Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November 2025, Bondi stated Blanche oversaw the release of millions of documents, which entailed overseeing the redaction process, including its protocols and guidelines, determining which documents were privileged and making corrections to redactions.
Rep. Thomas Massie speaks alongside Reps. Ro Khanna and Marjorie Taylor Greene during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 18, 2025.(Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
DOJ’S EPSTEIN DISCLOSURE DRAWS FIRE FOR WEBSITE GLITCHES, MISSING DOCUMENTS, REDACTIONS
“He was in charge of the process and the entire release of the Epstein files,” Bondi said.
But the Justice Department faced scrutiny over failures to redact all identifiable information from some of Epstein’s victims, allegations that some redactions were heavy-handed and that some documents were completely missing, prompting a bipartisan group of senators to send a letter in March requesting that the Government Accountability Office lead an investigation into the Justice Department’s redaction process.
“Not only has DOJ withheld files, but those records that were disclosed are largely information that was already public,” the letter stated. “Even those records are so heavily redacted that there are serious questions as to whether the Department is properly applying the limited exceptions for redaction that are permitted under the Act. Moreover, several records appear to have been removed, without explanation, from the files the Department did released.”
SENATE REPUBLICAN DEMANDS STATE, FEDERAL COURTS ‘IMMEDIATELY UNSEAL ALL’ EPSTEIN DOCS
Interim Attorney General Todd Blanche rejects speculation surrounding Pam Bondi’s firing: ‘Simply not true’ https://www.foxnews.com/video/6392478701112(https://www.foxnews.com/video/6392478701112)
However, Bondi said during the hearing that she was not blaming Blanche and that the error rate for the redaction was 1%, which was what Blanche had told her.
“He managed this investigation — and it was a Herculean task — with very little error,” Bondi said during the hearing. “And Todd did an excellent job, in my opinion, and is doing an excellent job as our Attorney General.”
Following her closed-door testimony, Bondi pushed back on allegations from Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., that she is pushing the blame of the Epstein Files rollouts on Blanche.
“NOT TRUE,” Bondi posted on X. “I praised Acting AG Blanche’s management of this Herculean task. I said his ethics are beyond reproach and that he is an incredible Attorney General.”
A White House spokesperson said that Blanche was doing an “excellent job” and will continue to perform well.
“Todd Blanche is an American patriot who fearlessly fought on behalf of President Trump against the Democrats’ illegal and unprecedented lawfare campaign,” said Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman. “The President’s entire team at the Department of Justice is doing a great job advocating for sanity, law and order, and policies that keep Americans safe.”
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Blanche’s nomination is also expected to face scrutiny from Democrats who have questioned whether the former Trump defense attorney can serve as an independent attorney general. Last month, Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., launched a Senate Judiciary Committee inquiry based on allegations that Blanche disregarded ethics guidance advising him to recuse himself from matters at the Justice Department involving Trump, who he previously served as a personal lawyer to.
Fox News Digital reached out to Senate Judiciary Committee leadership and the Justice Department for comment.
Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.
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