The confirmation crisis lands one day before Blanche has been ordered to turn over unredacted Epstein files to a federal judge. Reporter Jim Acosta tied Cornyn's cancellation directly to efforts from Epstein survivors to prevent Blanche's confirmation. "After a disastrous confirmation hearing, Blanche met with Epstein survivors at the behest of Cornyn and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), hoping to secure their votes, "wrote Acosta. Tillis had previously made Blanche's meeting with Epstein survivors a condition of his support. "I just want the agreement so we don't have to [delay the vote]," Politico's Burgess Everett reported Tillis saying.