"These are the documents that we need that you're holding on to and over-redacting because they have the names of the men who are implicated. How do we know? Because the survivors gave testimony to the FBI and it's in there. And what happens when you go to the portal at the DOJ to look at what's behind this redaction? Another redaction. So we can't even see them."
"And then there's some of these files you've pulled down from the website that we will never see, because we can't search the redactions. So I have several questions for you. Who's responsible? Are you able to track who in your organization made this massive failure and released the victims' names? Are you able to track who it was that obscured Les Wexner's name as a co-conspirator in an FBI document? Do you have that kind of accountability?"
Rep. Thomas Massie pressed Attorney General Pam Bondi about Department of Justice redactions in the Jeffrey Epstein files, alleging over-redaction hid names of implicated men and victims. Massie pointed to a man who sent Epstein a torture video and named Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem as an example. Massie demanded to know who in the DOJ authorized redactions, who released victims' names, and who obscured Les Wexner's listing as a co-conspirator. Bondi defended the department, saying corrections were made quickly and disputing claims of a deliberate cover-up, leading to a loud, contentious exchange.
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