LIVE: Trump DOJ in CRISIS after MAJOR EPSTEIN RULING

Federal Judge Emmett Sullivan granted Katie Fang's preliminary injunction against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, compelling him to either produce specific Epstein files or explain his refusal by July 2nd. This is a significant early victory in Fang's broader lawsuit to release all Epstein files.

Judge Emmett Sullivan... has granted Katie Fang her preliminary injunction in this case to get the Epstein files. Now, in order to get a preliminary injunction a plaintiff has to meet some basic criteria called the Lujan factors. Standing in other words and jurisdiction.

Judge Sullivan ruled that Katie Fang, as a journalist, has standing to sue because the withholding of Epstein files causes her 'informational harm,' preventing her from doing her job and financially harming her. This is a novel legal theory that the court upheld.

Katie among other things sued Todd Blanche as a journalist saying she's being harmed by the withholding of information in the Epstein files because she can't do her job without them. And that not being able to do her job financially harms her. It's a pretty novel legal theory.

The court concluded that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) does not provide an adequate remedy for Fang's requests because the information sought would likely be heavily redacted under FOIA, as demonstrated by the DOJ's past responses.

Judge Emmett Sullivan in the DC District Court has granted Katie her preliminary injunction against Todd Blanche concluding that she does have standing and that the Freedom of Information Act does not provide an adequate remedy because the information she seeks would likely be redacted under the Freedom of Information Act.

The injunction specifically targets five categories of information Blanche must address: the redaction log for previously released files, untranslated foreign language documents, internal DOJ documents (proposed indictment, AUSA memorandum with redacted co-defendant names), improperly redacted emails (sender/recipient names, disturbing content), and FBI interview notes (302s) for a woman alleging assault by Donald Trump.

the five areas that we identified were really specific... the redaction log that should have been done by Todd Blanche back in December of 2025... We didn't even bother to try to translate the foreign language documents... The next area is internal DOJ documents, two specifically. One is the proposed indictment... as well as the memorandum... the DOJ has redacted the names of the co-defendants... And then there's a handful of emails that we that we pulled that were improperly and illegally redacted for sender and recipient names and email addresses... the FBI interview notes for the four interviews that were conducted of a woman who alleges that when she was just 13 years old, she was sexually assaulted and physically abused by convicted felon Donald Trump.

Judge Sullivan explicitly stated that by not substantively responding to Fang's arguments, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche effectively conceded that he failed to follow the Epstein Files Transparency Act. This concession is a significant legal finding.

Judge Emmett Sullivan has put down on paper that Todd Blanche has conceded that he failed to follow the law and conceded your your merits arguments.

Despite Blanche's request for a stay to appeal the decision, Judge Sullivan denied it, emphasizing that Blanche had already conceded violating the law and that Fang was not requesting immediate production but rather a show-cause order.

But Blanche asked for a stat kind of stay here or the government asked for that. Judge Sullivan said, 'The court will not issue a stay for the reasons stated in this memorandum opinion. The Attorney General has conceded that he is in violation of the act. Ms. Fang is not requesting the immediate production of the documents, but rather that the Attorney General show cause if he declines to do so. So, no, sir, you do not get a stay from me.'