Remember the Epstein Files?

"On November 19, President Trump reluctantly signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which required the Justice Department to publish a huge number of its unclassified files related to the late financier (and unrelated to ongoing investigations) within 30 days. But what actually arrived on December 19, the Friday before Christmas, was a relatively small (and sloppily redacted) tranche of files that raised far more questions than it answered."

"If the Justice Department has legitimate reasons for its delay, it hasn't thoroughly explained what they are. In a letter yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi and other DOJ officials framed the problem as purely logistical, citing "inevitable glitches due to the sheer volume of materials." They noted that the department has put "over five hundred reviewers" on the project, even as they declined to clarify when they would release more files."

"Frank Figliuzzi, a former high-ranking FBI official who has handled nationwide investigations involving massive amounts of raw data, told me he's skeptical of that defense. During his tenure, he explained, the bureau became highly digitized, bringing in all sorts of new tools to speed up the process of redactions and disclosures. "If we're led to believe that human beings have to go through all of this, I'm not buying all of that," he said."

President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November 19, requiring the Justice Department to publish large numbers of unclassified files within 30 days. On December 19 the department released a small, sloppily redacted tranche that raised more questions than it answered. Nearly a month later the department has released less than 1 percent of the millions of documents under review, even after publishing a second batch. DOJ officials described delays as logistical, citing inevitable glitches and more than five hundred reviewers. A former FBI official said bureau digitization should have sped disclosures and expressed skepticism of the explanation.

Read at The Atlantic