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Inside the explosive face-to-face meeting with Trump's Pam Bondi replacement and Epstein victims as he scrambles to save nomination: 'It's demoralizing'

Tillis conditioned his support for Todd Blanche’s nomination on a meeting with Epstein survivors and praised Blanche afterward.

Inside the explosive face-to-face meeting with Trump's Pam Bondi replacement and Epstein victims as he scrambles to save nomination: 'It's demoralizing'
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This article1 analysis · Oct 3, 2026
Jul 17, 2026
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Todd Blanche met with Jeffrey Epstein survivors after Senator Thom Tillis made the meeting a condition of his support for Blanche’s attorney general nomination. Survivors called the meeting demoralizing, while the Justice Department described it as productive.

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Thom Tillis R · NC · SEN
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Thom Tillis
R · NC · SEN

Senator whose condition for supporting Blanche’s nomination prompted the meeting

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Todd Blanche
R · Attorney General

Attorney general nominee who met with Epstein survivors

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Lindsey Graham
Former U.S. Senator (R-SC)

Senator whose death is described as affecting the committee’s narrow majority

Former attorney general whom Trump dismissed

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who selected Blanche as attorney general nominee

John Cornyn
R · TX · SEN

Outgoing Texas senator described as a possible Republican defector

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Todd Blanche Meets With Epstein Survivors Amid Nomination

Thomas Tillis said he would not support advancing Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination unless Blanche met with Epstein survivors. Blanche later met with survivors. Left-leaning outlets connect Tillis’s condition to survivors’ reactions, with one emphasizing their criticism of Blanche and the meeting. Center outlets report Tillis’s condition and, in several stories, the meeting and differing assessments of it. Right-leaning outlets present the demand as a condition for advancing Blanche’s nomination and note that other Republican senators may affect its prospects.

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