{"id":154651,"date":"2026-07-15T19:33:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154651"},"modified":"2026-07-15T19:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:33:42","slug":"todd-blanche-grilled-by-us-lawmakers-over-epstein-files-trump-tax-immunityunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154651","title":{"rendered":"Todd Blanche grilled by US lawmakers over Epstein files, Trump tax immunityUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostUS President Donald Trump\u2019s attorney general nominee, Todd Blanche, faced \u2060tense bipartisan questioning at a US Senate panel on Wednesday about the roll-out of the Epstein files and a settlement that gave the president sweeping tax immunity.<br \/>\nBlanche, the president\u2019s former personal lawyer, was pressed by Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas about the Justice Department\u2019s decision to settle Trump\u2019s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service by creating a since-abandoned US$1.8 billion fund&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3360725\/todd-blanche-grilled-us-lawmakers-over-epstein-files-trump-tax-immunity?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostUS President Donald Trump\u2019s attorney general nominee, Todd Blanche, faced \u2060tense bipartisan questioning at a US Senate panel on Wednesday about&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154651"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}