"Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are accusing the Justice Department of covering up the names of co-conspirators of the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as fallout from the Epstein files grows across the globe. Millions of pages remain unreleased. As many prominent U.S. figures evade accountability following mentions in the Epstein files, a number of European figures have resigned for their relationships with Epstein."
""The most extraordinary and worrying thing of what is going on in the United States is the scale of normalization that is happening, in which the press is absolutely a structural part of this," says Carole Cadwalladr, award-winning investigative journalist. "I have been shocked - deeply, deeply shocked - by the absence of headlines.""
"On Monday, lawmakers were granted access to unredacted versions of the documents. Democratic Congressmember Jamie Raskin spoke out after seeing some of the files. REP. JAMIE RASKIN: You know, I saw the names of lots of people who were redacted for mysterious or baffling or inscrutable reasons. Related Story "Concealing the reputations of these powerful men is a blatant violation" of federal law, Rep. Ro Khanna said."
The Department of Justice released over 3 million pages of documents with major redactions while millions more pages remain unreleased. Lawmakers were granted access to unredacted documents and observed that many names had been redacted for baffling or inscrutable reasons. Co-authors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act held a news conference after viewing some files. Concerns arose that concealing the reputations of powerful men could violate federal law. European figures resigned for relationships with Epstein, while prominent U.S. figures have largely evaded accountability. Observers noted a growing normalization in which the press functions as a structural part of that normalization, with an absence of headlines.
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