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Todd Blanche begs judge not to hit him with $1K-a-day fine over Epstein debacle Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche asked a federal judge Monday to spare him a $1,000-a-day fine, calling a contempt push against him "absurd." Blanche is the defendant in a lawsuit brought by independent journalist Katie Phang, who has accused him of violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act — a law passed by Congress requiring the Department of Justice to release its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In June, U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan sided with Phang, finding that Blanche had never disputed her core claims in court — that he missed the law's release deadline, made improper redactions, and withheld documents the act required him to produce. Sullivan ordered Blanche to produce, among other materials, handwritten FBI interview notes from agents who spoke with a woman accusing President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her as a minor, emails to Epstein with sender names unredacted, and documents naming potential co-conspirators. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/todd-blanche-begs-judge-not-to-hit-him-with-1k-a-day-fine-over-epstein-debacle/ar-AA28npPX?ocid=msedgntp&pc=EDBBAN&cvid=8bf24a917f08437785918c3144a6c15d&ei=47

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