A federal judge has rejected Todd Blanche's attempt to pause an order requiring the Justice Department to begin reviewing and producing foreign-language materials from the Epstein files, leaving the DOJ facing another court deadline in a closely watched transparency case.
US District Judge Emmet Sullivan denied Blanche's motion for a partial stay on 22 September, finding that the Justice Department had failed to follow a local rule requiring parties to confer before filing certain motions and saying the request would also fail on its merits.
