Watch: Blanche grilled over handling of Epstein files and relationship with Trump

Watch: Blanche grilled over handling of Epstein files and relationship with TrumpTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedWatch: Blanche grilled over handling of Epstein files and relationship with TrumpCloseTodd Blanche, President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, acknowledged mistakes in the vetting of the Jeffrey Epstein files released to the public, but defended his handling of the matter during his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.Blanche became the acting attorney general in April 2026 after Pam Bondi was fired from the position.The BBC's Tom Bateman was at the confirmation hearing, where senators grilled Blanche about the Epstein files and his personal ties to Trump.SubsectionUS & CanadaPublished9 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated topicsDonald TrumpFollow Donald Trumpclose panelYou are now following Donald TrumpUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.United StatesFollow United Statesclose panelYou are now following United StatesUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.Jeffrey EpsteinFollow Jeffrey Epsteinclose panelYou are now following Jeffrey EpsteinUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.United States SenateFollow United States Senateclose panelYou are now following United States SenateUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.Read description