The DOJ has faced intense scrutiny for not releasing enough documents from the Epstein files and not redacting enough women's names and photographs.

Todd Blanche’s nomination now advances to the Senate floor, where it was not immediately clear whether he would be confirmed given that he can afford to lose only two senators on a party-line vote.

At a forum, the professor raised concerns about how Blanche’s conflicts of interests involving 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump would undermine the Department of Justice’s independence.