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Todd Blanche: “President Trump had said from day one to release the files…”

Featuring: Todd Blanche, Republican | United States Deputy Attorney General | National

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Published | Video Starts at 00:51

This is the Judiciary Committee. There are laws that did not allow us to produce those documents, which we made plain in numerous court filings. And President Trump had said from day one to release the files even when he was running. And so, yes, he signed it into law and we complied with it. I remember, and everyone in the audience remembers the links that the administration went through to delay production of these documents to the point where Congress did an extraordinary thing. (00:51–00:56)

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Asserts that President Trump advocated for the release of the Epstein files from the beginning of his presidency.

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