Meidas is presenting an exclusive participant account, not a transcript. But the central picture is corroborated by Reuters, AP, Axios, and The Times: Todd Blanche met Epstein survivors and family members for about an hour at DOJ only after Senator Thom Tillis made the meeting a condition of advancing Blanche’s attorney-general nomination. Multiple attendees independently described Blanche as evasive, interruptive, condescending, and unwilling to commit to further action. DOJ, by contrast, called it a “productive, initial discussion.” ([Reuters][1])
The survivors apparently challenged Blanche over his prior claim that there were no investigative leads. According to Meidas, Blanche denied ever saying that. The precise phrase may matter to him—but the July 2025 official DOJ/FBI memorandum stated:
“We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation