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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(133,705 posts)
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:18 PM 6 hrs ago

Blanche says DOJ unable to investigate tips about Trump's involvement with Epstein

Source: The Hill

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that federal investigators are unable to investigate various tips the FBI received about President Trump’s alleged involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.

Blanche told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union” that some tips were anonymous and relied on second-hand information, which he said is “not something that can be really investigated.”

Among the nearly 3 million additional documents related to the convicted sex offender the Department of Justice (DOJ) released on Friday are allegations about Trump and Epstein the FBI received as tips through its National Threat Operations Center.

Emails between DOJ staffers show that the tips were compiled as information from “Trump accusers” in August. Parts of the document show the FBI contacted many, but not all, of the initial callers, with some tipsters not leaving their information.



Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/blanche-says-doj-unable-investigate-154531317.html

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Blanche says DOJ unable to investigate tips about Trump's involvement with Epstein (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 6 hrs ago OP
There LIES are getting so bluestarone 6 hrs ago #1
they are hoping if they repeat their lies over and over vapor2 6 hrs ago #4
That's their idea for everything ... to keep lying ... look at how far Trump has gone with the 2020 election fable ... ificandream 3 hrs ago #22
Lies and chaos... IthinkThereforeIAM 1 hr ago #23
"Oh, sorry, I really wish I could have accomplished that..." RockRaven 6 hrs ago #2
I call bullshit. buzzycrumbhunger 6 hrs ago #3
So, you get an anonymous tip where someone says they saw something. everyonematters 6 hrs ago #5
Well of the FBI can't track down second hand information....regarding PRESIDENTIAL CSA - Time to defund the FBI Bread and Circuses 6 hrs ago #6
Stop! sheshe2 36 min ago #26
Yeah, Todd. But when all this is over, we can certainly investigate YOU. paleotn 6 hrs ago #7
Second-hand information is "not something that can be really investigated?" Why not? William Seger 6 hrs ago #8
But the Trump-led government has no problem..... SergeStorms 6 hrs ago #9
Of course Roy Rolling 6 hrs ago #10
Unable? Unwilling? Or "We're so fucked if we do"? sakabatou 6 hrs ago #11
the idea that LEO never relies on "anonymous" tips is utterly ridiculous Skittles 5 hrs ago #12
Ok now, bye bye, nothing to see here. Buddyzbuddy 5 hrs ago #13
We need to know whether Michael Cohen knows that the "Katie Johnson" story is really true? FakeNoose 5 hrs ago #14
Sure, Jan. OMGWTF 5 hrs ago #15
WTF, the whole point of an investigation is to verify "second hand information." SunSeeker 4 hrs ago #16
Either that, or he's so stupid he can't see how ridiculous this sounds. 😋 ShazzieB 3 hrs ago #21
BULL CRAP vapor2 4 hrs ago #17
Hahaha. Hogwash. Joinfortmill 4 hrs ago #18
Yeah blah blah blah bullshit pouring out of his anus mouth ! kimbutgar 4 hrs ago #19
Just substitute the name Obama for Trump in those files and watch them pull out all stops to Marie Marie 3 hrs ago #20
Translation: We can't investigate because we're corrupt. iemanja 1 hr ago #24
Is Blanche somewhere in the Epstein files? I'm just asking questions here. n/t flvegan 1 hr ago #25
This the same org that spent yeara going after hunter Biden Old Crank 34 min ago #27

ificandream

(11,752 posts)
22. That's their idea for everything ... to keep lying ... look at how far Trump has gone with the 2020 election fable ...
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 11:37 PM
3 hrs ago

Even now, if the FBI (or whoever) finds nothing, Trump will still say he won.

everyonematters

(4,044 posts)
5. So, you get an anonymous tip where someone says they saw something.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:27 PM
6 hrs ago

Then you go and ask people who were there if they saw the same thing. This is BS.

Bread and Circuses

(1,732 posts)
6. Well of the FBI can't track down second hand information....regarding PRESIDENTIAL CSA - Time to defund the FBI
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:32 PM
6 hrs ago

Seems they are in Incompetent, stupid, lazy and LYING.

All of them are getting away with RAPE of children.


sheshe2

(96,476 posts)
26. Stop!
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:35 AM
36 min ago

Kash is a little bit busy these days flying around in OUR private jet with his girlfriend. He doesn't have time for these petty grievances.

Priorities don't ya know.

paleotn

(21,806 posts)
7. Yeah, Todd. But when all this is over, we can certainly investigate YOU.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:34 PM
6 hrs ago

Hope your passport is up to date. Now what are those non-extradition countries again?

Rest assured, mother fucker, we're coming for you too.

William Seger

(12,255 posts)
8. Second-hand information is "not something that can be really investigated?" Why not?
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:35 PM
6 hrs ago

Why can't you interview the alleged sources, or did you just not think of that, Sherlock? Or did you mean it can't be really investigated without getting fired?

SergeStorms

(20,159 posts)
9. But the Trump-led government has no problem.....
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:38 PM
6 hrs ago

investigating anonymous "tips" pertaining to the locations of undocumented immigrants. OK.

Roy Rolling

(7,499 posts)
10. Of course
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:46 PM
6 hrs ago

“We searched millions of records only to discover there was nothing there. You’re welcome.”

FakeNoose

(40,594 posts)
14. We need to know whether Michael Cohen knows that the "Katie Johnson" story is really true?
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:34 PM
5 hrs ago

... or not? He tried to use that story to get a pardon or at least get an early release from prison. Is her story real or not?

You don't have to tell us her real name, just confirm that she's really a real person.

I believe Cohen met her back when Chump was running for President 1.0 because it was Cohen's job to seek out women that Chump had relations with, and make them sign NDAs. That's how he met up with Stormy Daniels, plus several others. Was "Katie Johnson" one of them? Yes or no?

SunSeeker

(57,847 posts)
16. WTF, the whole point of an investigation is to verify "second hand information."
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 10:12 PM
4 hrs ago

He's just trolling us now. This is worse than gaslighting.

ShazzieB

(22,316 posts)
21. Either that, or he's so stupid he can't see how ridiculous this sounds. 😋
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 11:20 PM
3 hrs ago

I could actually believe that, from what I know about him. But either way, it's a pretty pathetic excuse.

Marie Marie

(11,015 posts)
20. Just substitute the name Obama for Trump in those files and watch them pull out all stops to
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 11:20 PM
3 hrs ago

investigate, make their case and prosecute. Trumps tiny thumbs would be worn down to nubs tweeting about it non stop. Once again, Trump will escape and accountability.

Old Crank

(6,754 posts)
27. This the same org that spent yeara going after hunter Biden
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:37 AM
34 min ago

based on nothing?

Asking for a friend.

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