Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is slated to testify Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and is expected to face tough questions from members on a number of topics, chief among them his role in the Justice Department’s botched release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.After firing Pam Bondi in April, President Donald Trump nominated then-Deputy Attorney General Blanche to assume Bondi’s role, a nomination that has received intense scrutiny given Blanche’s history as Trump’s personal lawyer, as well as his handling of the release of Epstein-related files.More than 1,200 former Justice Department (DOJ) employees signed a letter urging senators to reject Blanche’s nomination, as have several Epstein survivors, many of whom were unlawfully named in the DOJ’s release of Epstein-related files.Under Blanche’s leadership at the DOJ, around 16,000 employees have left, including FBI agents and more than 25% of the agency’s attorneys, according to former DOJ employees. Blanche has also faced scrutiny for spearheading what critics have described as politically motivated prosecutions of Trump’s perceived enemies.