Todd Blanche: “The statute also requires us to protect victims.”

“On Friday, the Justice Department released just a fraction of the overall Epstein files. Why didn't the Justice Department meet that Friday deadline? Good morning. So it's very simple and very and very clear. The statute also requires us to protect victims. And so the reason why we are still reviewing documents and still continuing our process is simply that to protect victims.” (00:35–00:39)

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