{"id":2587022,"date":"2026-04-03T21:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T01:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/acting-attorney-general-blanche-rejects-claims-that-epstein-was-a-spy\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T01:50:20","slug":"acting-attorney-general-blanche-rejects-claims-that-epstein-was-a-spy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/acting-attorney-general-blanche-rejects-claims-that-epstein-was-a-spy\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting Attorney General Blanche rejects claims that Epstein was a spy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Facting-attorney-general-blanche-rejects-claims-that-epstein-was-a-spy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2587022&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said there is no evidence in the Epstein files that Jeffrey Epstein was a spy, addressing ongoing rumors of intelligence ties. The piece notes that despite speculation from some right\u2011leaning commentators about Epstein as an intelligence asset, Blanche stated he doesn\u2019t know and wasn\u2019t part of the original prosecution. It places Blanche\u2019s remarks in the context of his rise to the top of the justice Department after president Trump fired Pam Bondi amid criticism over the Epstein inquiry and the release of federal files. The article also revisits Epstein\u2019s murky origins, his connections to powerful figures, and the broader investigations, including a House Oversight Committee push to have one of Epstein\u2019s prison guards testify; the guard, Tova Noel, was fired for falsifying records the night Epstein died in his cell in 2019.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche rejects claims that Jeffrey Epstein was a spy<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2535300\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Acting Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/todd-blanche\/\">Todd Blanche<\/a> on Friday said evidence the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal government possesses doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t indicate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> was a spy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All I know is that we don&rsquo;t have any evidence in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/epstein-files\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17582\">Epstein files<\/a> that the FBI collected over 15 years that suggests that,&rdquo; Blanche said during a Fox News interview.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Blanche&rsquo;s statement comes amid a flurry of speculation that Epstein worked for the CIA or another intelligence agency. Fringes on the Right, such as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/candace-owens\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"5659\">Candace Owens<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tucker-carlson\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2481\">Tucker Carlson<\/a>, have suggested the Israeli government used Epstein as an intelligence asset before the New York financier died in a prison cell in 2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Blanche ascended to the top of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"167\">Justice Department <\/a>this week after President Donald Trump fired Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11687\">Pam Bondi<\/a> on Thursday. Her exit came <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-doubles-down-on-defense-of-florida-curriculum-not-shilling-for-slavery\/\" title=\"DeSantis stands firm on Florida curriculum: &#039;No support for slavery&#039;\">amid intense criticism<\/a> from Democrats and a few Republicans, such as Rep.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thomas-massie\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17668\"> Thomas Massie <\/a>(R-KY), surrounding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rules-against-biden-doj-in-high-stakes-jan-6-case-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Supreme Court rules against Biden DOJ in high-stakes Jan. 6 case - Washington Examiner\">government&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s investigation into Epstein&rsquo;s life, particularly regarding the release of millions of federal files about him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Theories about Epstein&rsquo;s identity and origin have spread for years, particularly after critics questioned the circumstances of his death, which was ruled a suicide by authorities. The New Yorker held close connections to the world&rsquo;s elite, including in the scientific, technological, academic, business, and cultural circles. In the political world, Epstein also held sway, mingling with former President Bill Clinton, former President Barack Obama&rsquo;s White House counsel, and being friendly with President Donald Trump before their relationship ended in the early 2000s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have no idea if he was a spy,&rdquo; Blanche said Friday of Epstein. &ldquo;I&nbsp; wasn&rsquo;t &mdash; I don&rsquo;t know. I wasn&rsquo;t part of the original prosecution team. Neither was Attorney General [Pam] Bondi.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4513647\/trump-fires-attorney-general-pam-bondi\/\">TRUMP FIRES ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Epstein&rsquo;s business origins are hazy, with media accounts in the early 2000s painting him as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/epsteins-brother-demands-to-see-bannons-unseen-footage-of-sex-offender-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"...\u2019s brother demands to see Bannon\u2019s unseen footage of sex offender - Washington Examiner\">highly-regarded &#038;ldquo<\/a>;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/nymetro\/news\/people\/n_7912\/\">international moneyman of mystery<\/a>,&rdquo; and one prominent investor telling <em>&nbsp;New York Magazine<\/em> in 2002 that &ldquo;It&rsquo;s like looking at the Wizard of Oz &ndash; there may be less there than meets the eye.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The House oversight committee&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4492023\/epstein-prison-guard-testify-house-oversight\/\">requested last month&nbsp;<\/a>that one of Epstein&rsquo;s two prison guards deliver testimony to lawmakers surrounding his death.<\/span> Tova Noel googled &ldquo;latest on Epstein in jail&rdquo; twice, minutes before he was discovered dead in his cell, and was later fired from her job after admitting to falsifying records to say she checked on Epstein throughout the night before his death, according to prosecutors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blanche: no evidence Epstein was a spy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2587023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26030680475008-e1775265524461.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[77119,25914,9006,77120],"class_list":["post-2587022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-acting-attorney-general","tag-blanche","tag-epstein","tag-spy-claims"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26030680475008-e1775265524461.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587022"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587026,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587022\/revisions\/2587026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}