"Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said that Department of Justice officials may have obstructed justice with their partial and heavily redacted release of the Epstein files. On Friday, the DOJ released a trove of documents regarding deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Last month, Congress passed a bill that President Donald Trump signed into law, mandating that all files be released by Dec. 19, and with redactions only to protect the identities of victims."
"The release was overseen by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously served as a personal attorney for Trump, a former friend of Epstein. Over the summer, Blanche interviewed former Epstein associate and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in prison. Maxwell claimed that she never saw Trump do anything untoward. Shortly after the meeting, Maxwell was moved to a lower security facility, where she receives custom meals and is allowed to play with dogs."
"Well, I don't know what the president has said, but what I do know is that [Blanche's] production violates the spirit of the law, and it violates the letter of the law, and it's a slap in the face of survivors. And so, look, they have underestimated this issue for six months. I don't get it. Just release the files, get it over with. The president can talk about affordability"
The Department of Justice released a subset of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein with substantial redactions, while saying more time is needed to release remaining materials. Congress passed and the president signed a law requiring full release by Dec. 19 with limited redactions to protect victim identities. The DOJ release redacted some names of politically exposed individuals and obscured images, including adults. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche oversaw the release; Blanche previously served as a personal attorney for President Trump and interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell in prison. Representative Ro Khanna condemned the release as a violation of the law and urged immediate full disclosure.
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