Todd Blanche Meets Epstein Accusers: What Does Justice Owe the Wronged?

Todd Blanche’s meeting with Epstein accusers can look like a step in a nomination process: a senator whose support is crucial demanded the meeting, and Blanche met with accusers. But that contrast is the point. One side of the account is about procedure—support, nomination, access. The other side is about people who say they were crushed by harm and are asking to be heard.

Proverbs 31 does not measure justice by whether an institution scheduled a meeting. It measures justice by whether those who cannot speak for themselves are spoken for, and whether those being crushed receive fair treatment. The verse does not promise that this meeting will produce accountability, that every accuser was represented, or that any public official has earned divine approval. It also does not let anyone confuse access with restoration. A hearing can be real without being enough.

That contrast reaches beyond Washington. We often treat procedure as the finish line: a report filed, a conversation held, a box checked. Scripture asks a harder question—did the wronged become safer, heard, and treated with dignity? In our own spheres, we can decide whether to settle for steps that look orderly or pursue advocacy that costs time, reputation, or comfort.