Epstein survivor calls Cornyn’s vote to advance Blanche nomination ‘really depressing’

A victim of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein lamented Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) Tuesday vote to advance the nomination of Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general. “There’s always a glimmer of hope that somebody will do the right thing,” Dani Bensky told MS NOW’s Mychael Schnell. “And I was really hoping that

Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn each reneged on their promises to meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein, with Tillis even leaving them waiting in his office for 45 minutes before they gave up. A group of Epstein survivors on Tuesday accused Blanche and Cornyn of going back on their word, as the senators

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters A GOP Senator who demanded Todd Blanche meet Epstein survivors in exchange for his support ended up canceling his own meeting with the women before he caved to Donald Trump. The extraordinary snub was recounted by survivors ahead of Tuesday’s crucial v

Senators Tillis and Cornyn declined to meet with survivors ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation vote.