Inside the Todd Blanche Confirmation Hearing: The Epstein Shadow

Todd Blanche's Senate confirmation hearing to be the next Attorney General turns into a referendum on his handling of the Epstein files. Tara Palmeri covers it live — from Epstein survivors protesting outside the hearing room, to pointed questioning from Durbin, Whitehouse, Kennedy, and Blackburn on redaction failures, the Ghislaine Maxwell interview, and new bribery and surveillance allegations. Is Blanche getting confirmed, or is this hearing the start of real trouble? YouTube Chapters: 0:00 Todd Blanche AG Hearing Kicks Off Amid Epstein Firestorm 0:04 Epstein Survivors' Gut-Wrenching Video: "Vote No on Blanche" 0:31 Sen. Moody Introduces Blanche to the Committee 0:39 Blanche's Opening Statement: His "American Dream" Story 0:46 Grassley Opens Fire: Epstein Redactions Under the Microscope 0:57 Durbin Grills Blanche on Jan. 6 Pardons & DOJ Independence 1:08 Cornyn's Round + the Ashcroft Endorsement Letter 1:15 Grassley's Curveball: The Mifepristone (Abortion Pill) Question 1:31 Kennedy Presses Blanche on Loyalty to Trump & 3M Epstein Pages 1:35 Bombshell: Did Jack Smith Secretly Read Grassley's Emails? 1:41 Whitehouse Demands Answers on Tom Homan's $50K "Bribe" 1:53 Blackburn Fires Back on Democrats' Epstein Hypocrisy 2:07 Cotton, Warner & Schmidt Turn to Crime and Sentencing Reform 2:24 Tara & Abi's Post-Game: Who Won, Who Folded 2:33 Final Take: Will the Scrutiny on Blanche Intensify?