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

First publishedJul 15, 09:30 UTC

Last updatedJul 16, 10:21 UTC · 10m ago

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  Thune predicts Todd Blanche and Jay Clayton are ‘in pretty good shape’ ahead of fiery confirmation hearings

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