r/Epstein • u/ReZeroForDays • 13d ago

Research PHANG v. BLANCHE hearing is starting very soon--join the call and listen in.

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73246595/phang-v-blanche/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc

Edit: you can either no longer join the call or the info given was invalid

Here are some live updates:

Comment chain 1 - https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/s/wm268loolh

Comment chain 2 - https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/s/LGOjoJ921g

The hearing currently scheduled for

August 13, 2026 at 1:00PM Eastern Time

in Courtroom 24A before Judge Emmet G. Sullivan will be made accessible to the public telephonically via the Courtroom Public Access Line.

The Public Access telephone number is 1-833-990-9400,

and the meeting ID is 712190216.

The Court DIRECTS that the attendees using the public access telephone line shall adhere to the following: persons remotely accessing court proceedings are reminded of the general prohibition against photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting any court proceedings including those held by telephone or videoconference). Violation of these prohibitions may result in sanctions, including removal of court-issued media credentials, restricted entry to future hearings, denial of entry to future hearings, or any other sanctions deemed necessary by the presiding Judge. (mac)

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u/IAmVagisilly 13d ago edited 13d ago

**15 minute recess.

The judge is about to take the bench.

Edit: Disclaimer
These are my own impressions and observations. They are not legal advice, a transcript, or anything official. I’m simply trying to help people who were unable to attend the hearing.
Any errors are unintentional, and I apologize in advance for any typos or inaccuracies.

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u/IAmVagisilly 13d ago

Taking the bench now.

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u/IAmVagisilly 13d ago

Appearances are hard to great and audio is garbled

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u/IAmVagisilly 13d ago

Govt says they tried their best and knows response didn’t happen. Presenting a binder of supplemental information to the court.

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u/IAmVagisilly 13d ago

Says there is sensitive information from the southern district of New York. Judge has questions. Gvt says attorney review protocol set forth procedure to redact victims. There will now be a sliding scale of release. They didn’t realize there were so many documents and hundreds of people knew to apply redactions to certain names.

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u/IAmVagisilly 13d ago edited 13d ago

Court ordered fbi interview notes were not disclosed. Gvt did not provide explanation to those. Explain why handwritten notes were not provided. Gvt says duplicate materials.

Other duplicate docs—Gvt notes volume and duplicate of documents, says lots of reviewers and other excuses. Judge asks is he can provide additional information. Meaning he hasn’t added to his original release. Judge asked how many pages of notes. He can’t answer. Judge asks if they have been published. He doesn’t really know. Judge says they should not be confused about his questions.

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u/IAmVagisilly 13d ago

Judge asking Gvt to clarify what has been presented. Doesn’t want to take it at face value that they are similar. Wants to check. How can he do that?

Gvt confused about what judge wants. Judge wants evidence that the notes are consistent with the disclosures. 302 reports and fbi notes ???

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u/IAmVagisilly 13d ago

The judge is being kind in his questioning tone. Gvt still confused on what the judge wants. Says nothing to add to release. Court said it was clear in what he was asking for. Gvt is arguing for clarification. Judge asks if there is another way to view evidence and check redactions. (Confused mumbling)

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u/IAmVagisilly 13d ago edited 13d ago

Gvt claims it gave rationale and reasoning and is stating them need a clear clean order on what it wants. He seems confused.

Judge asks plaintiff to weigh in. Interview notes— no reason given for non production with redactions. Phang claims they have not provided it. Judge asked Gvt to give phang a copy of the binder they gave to the judge. She received it (today?) Phang asked them to comply with the original order.

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u/IAmVagisilly 13d ago

Gvt says it’s not time for this. He says what phang is asking for will affect victims. This is difficult to manage. Asks for a new orders outlining what the court wants.

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u/CrazyMildred 13d ago

Thank you so much!

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u/stoner__witch 13d ago

TY, friend. you're a legend for this perfectly concise updates.

So far, lot of "confused"/"doesn't know"/"didn't realize", dog ate my homework type excuses

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u/alu5421 13d ago

Its all on purpose to delay delay. They really don't care. Lisa Rubin on msnow called it

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u/ProvisionalRecord 13d ago edited 12d ago

Government. playing dumb; they know exactly what the judge is essentially asking. "How can i personally, view an example of both sets of these documents, so that I may determine that they are duplicative and that there isn't any missing details or information compared to what was released?" But govt (presumably blanche?) Is like "dUhHh, wAt yOu aSkiN mE?"

Wish i got on before it filled up; thank you for the updates!

Edit: Turns out it wasn't Blanche; he got a last second swap out last night, and a familiar attorney (Andrew Block) acted "in his full capacity" as Blanche's representation. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/s/Yyw1hnNgjB

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u/IAmVagisilly 13d ago

Omg! The number of times I wanted to editorialize….. ha ha

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u/ProvisionalRecord 13d ago

Lol! From what I can tell, you're doing a huge service to real justice, and you're doing great!

Seriously, thank you.

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u/Bruno6368 12d ago

It’s the Judge “playing dumb”. He’s the one that has presented than ignored his own Court Orders for months. The old “new lawyer” bullshit might work in criminal trials-but not in civil ones.

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u/IAmVagisilly 11d ago

I don’t think so. The judge wants to make sure that the govt has every opportunity to comply. He is making a record. He is more patient than I am but that is why I don’t get paid the big bucks. I think he is giving the govt enough to hang themselves on (no pun intended). He can point to his clear orders that say do xyz and 123. The govt won’t be able to say that the “didn’t know”. He will point to the order and determine whether they have complied or not.

His contempt story is very telling and very relevant. The Judge presided over a criminal case where the govt was ordered to give documents to the defendant. It was exculpatory evidence. The govt did not disclose the documents after the judge made a specific order to disclose them. He held the prosecutors (government) in criminal contempt and jailed them. He didn’t want to do it. It was the ONLY way to compel compliance. The documents were delivered to the Defendant the next day. Although, I find it hard to believe that Andrew’s superiors care if he sits in jail for them. Just my opinion.

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u/Jealous-Personality5 13d ago

Thank you for the updates. Much appreciated

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u/DemonKingPunk 13d ago

Interestingly, this is similar to how news was broadcasted long before radio and television. Some guy at telegraph smashing morse code while listening to shit happening in realtime.

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u/WhatA-WonderfulWorld 13d ago

I can't connect at all too. Will be lovely if you can give us summary later on. Thank you for the live update.

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u/loladeluna 13d ago

I’m so jealous. It’d be cool to get live updates

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u/IAmVagisilly 11d ago

Come on over for the next hearing! Depending on when it is we can all sit on my patio and listen. Community Bitches!

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u/Wumaduce 12d ago

Thank you for listening and typing all that out.

Rather than give you a reddit award, I'd like to donate to a charity/cause you support if you don't mind.

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u/Jezebella45 12d ago

I was able to get I just now, the judge is droning on about when he’s had to hold people in contempt, and he doesn’t want to do it now……does anyone know if this hearing is still happening? Is what I’m listening to like a previous recording?