"The Department of Justice (DOJ) began releasing the trove on Friday to comply with a law overwhelmingly passed by Congress in November that mandated the disclosure of all Epstein files, despite Trump's months-long effort to keep them sealed. It said it plans to release more records on a rolling basis, blaming the delay on what it said was a time-consuming process of obscuring survivors' names and other identifying information."
"The deleted files included a photograph showing President Donald Trump. But the tens of thousands of pages made public offered little new insight into Epstein's crimes or the prosecutorial decisions that allowed him to avoid serious federal charges for years. They also omitted some of the most closely watched materials, including FBI interviews with victims and internal DOJ memos on charging decisions."
"One of Epstein's victims, Marina Lacerda, reacted angrily to the large number of redactions and unreleased documents. All of us are infuriated by this, she told the news outlet MS NOW on Saturday. It's another slap in the face. We expected way more. Lacerda, who said Epstein abused her when she was 14 years of age, was a crucial witness in the 2019 investigation that led to the filing of sex trafficking charges"
The Department of Justice began releasing a trove of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents to comply with a law mandating disclosure of all files. The released pages included heavy redactions, blacked-out photos and an entirely blacked-out 119-page Grand Jury-NY document. At least 16 files published online later disappeared from the public webpage, including a photograph showing President Donald Trump. DOJ said it will release more records on a rolling basis, citing the time-consuming process of obscuring survivors' names and other identifying information. The released pages omitted FBI interviews with victims and internal DOJ memos, prompting victims' anger and criticism.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]