Acting US attorney general made comments about the Epstein associate at a Senate hearing over budget requestsTodd Blanche, the acting US attorney general, told lawmakers on Tuesday that he would not recommend a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex-trafficking crimes.Blanche’s comments came during a Senate hearing on Tuesday, where he was testifying before the appropriations subcommittee over budget requests for the justice department. Continue reading...

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/19/todd-blanche-doj-ghislaine-maxwell