Justice Department Humiliated as People Find the Epstein Files Can Easily Be Un-Redacted

"Many were disappointed - though perhaps not surprised - when the Justice Department's long-awaited document dump on its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein came heavily redacted. Or at least, they were supposed to be redacted. As documents continued to be released to the public starting last Friday, some netizens quickly noticed that a lot of the blacked-out text could be recovered with the super elite hacking trick of highlighting the redacted paragraphs and copying them into another document, The Guardian reports."

"A cybersecurity expert, Chad Loder, also says he was able to uncover even more redacted portions with some more sophisticated "PDF forensics," including what appears to be a photo of Epstein's cell door marked off with crime scene tape. The New York Times reported that none of the failed redactions tell us anything new about president Donald Trump's deep ties to Epstein, but they do detail how Epstein's henchmen, Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn, helped him lure in underaged girls to sexually abuse them."

"Redacted portions also detail how Epstein covered his tracks by paying hush money to witnesses, threatening to harm the victims, and releasing "damaging stories about them to damage their credibility when they tried to go public with their stories of being trafficked and sexually abused." He also instructed "participant-witnesses to destroy evidence relevant to ongoing court proceedings involving Defendants' criminal sex trafficking and abuse conduct.""

The Justice Department released heavily redacted files related to Jeffrey Epstein that many discovered contained recoverable material. Simple highlighting and copying restored much blacked-out text, while a cybersecurity expert used PDF forensics to recover additional redactions and an apparent photo of Epstein's cell door. The unredacted civil filings describe large payments funneled to young models and actresses through Epstein associates, including over $380,000 to one former Russian model. The recovered passages allege payment of hush money, threats against victims, dissemination of damaging stories to discredit them, and instructions to participants to destroy evidence in ongoing proceedings.

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