My friend Katie Phang sued acting Attorney General Todd Blanche earlier this week. She contends that the failure of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and the Justice Department to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act interferes with her role as a journalist and her ability to report.
It’s a novel theory, but one that’s very elegant, and it’s the first lawsuit of its type—an example of how the legal profession can morph to counter the challenges to the rule of law that this administration poses.
Katie and me at the Texas Tribune Festival last fall. She got to ask me questions on that occasion. Tonight, the tables are turned.
The case may help with the survivors’ search for justice, but because it’s been filed so recently, not much is known yet about the reception it will get from the courts. Tonight, Katie joins us to explain the lawsuit and what we can expect to happen now that it has been filed.
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