""Instead, the public received a fraction of the files, and what we received was riddled with abnormal and extreme redactions with no explanation," a group of 19 women, including two Jane Does, said in a statement released on Monday. "At the same time, numerous victim identities were left unredacted, causing real and immediate harm.""
""No financial documents were released," the statement said. "Grand jury minutes, though approved by a federal judge for release, were fully blacked out -- not the scattered redactions that might be expected to protect victim names, but 119 full pages blacked out. We are told that there are hundreds of thousands of pages of documents still unreleased.""
""These are clear-cut violations of an unambiguous law," the statement added."
DOJ faced a congressional deadline to release records from investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail in 2019. Justice officials released thousands of files but did not fully release all records by the deadline. A group of 19 alleged victims, including two Jane Does, said the released materials represented only a fraction and contained abnormal and extreme redactions without explanation. The group said numerous victim identities remained unredacted, causing immediate harm. The group said no financial documents were released and that grand jury minutes approved for release were fully blacked out, including 119 fully redacted pages, with hundreds of thousands of pages still unreleased. The group characterized the actions as violations of law. Some documents were reposted with some or all redactions lifted after the initial release, and a Justice Department official posted on social media as files were being released.
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