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The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has said it has released all of the files required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, but lawmakers have argued the release is insufficient.

The letter sent to members of the US Congress on Saturday from Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche said all documents in the possession of the DoJ had been released and provided a list of names contained in the files.

Kentucky Republican Representative Thomas Massie, who co-wrote the law, called for the DoJ to also release internal memos outlining past decisions on whether to charge Epstein and his associates.

Millions of new files relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released by the DoJ earlier this month.

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[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

It's actually six million files in total.

From Rep. Raskin's opening statement at Thursday's hearing, directed toward Pam Bondi:

You’re running a massive Epstein cover-up right out of the Justice Department. You’ve been ordered by a subpoena and by Congress to turn over six million documents, photographs and videos in the Epstein files but you’ve turned over only three million. You say you’re not turning over the other 3 million because they’re somehow duplicative. But we know that there are actual memos of victim statements in there. And you also took down the Department of Justice’s prosecution memo from 2019. So it’s clearly not all duplicative. But even if it were, why not release it, just release all the duplicative stuff.

In the half you did produce, you redacted the names of abusers, enablers, accomplices and co-conspirators, apparently to spare them embarrassment and disgrace, which is the exact opposite of what the law ordered you to do.

Even worse, you shockingly failed to redact many of the victims’ names, which is what you were ordered to do by Congress. Some of the victims had come forward publicly, but many had not. Many had kept their torment private, even from family and friends. But you published their names, their identities, their images on thousands of pages for the world to see. So you ignored the law.

And even with over 100,000 employees at your disposal, you acted with some mixture of staggering incompetence, cold indifference, and jaded cruelty towards more than 1,000 victims raped, abused and trafficked. This performance screams cover-up.

EDITED TO ADD: The source of Rep. Raskin's assertion of six million files is apparently Todd Blanche's letter of January 30th on behalf of DoJ saying that no more files would be released (page 1, third paragraph).

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Pedophile Pam is lying again.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 81 points 1 day ago

There are either no more files or 3 million. My money is on Bondi is a fucking liar and there are 3 million.

[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 day ago

A person high up in the current US administration lie? That should be a huge scandal.....wait it's a day that ends in y. Yeah there are many more.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago

Remember when Obama had a huge 3 month long scandal because he....

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wore a brown suit?

[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago

Heh and Obama looked presidential in any suit. I so thought the US improved after they voted him in.

[-] jjpamsterdam@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago

She must be lying. After all, she's talking.

[-] uberdroog@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago

Those harsh words are gonna sting

[-] Sundiata@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

dOnT yOu evVER acCCUSe mE Of A cRiME!!!

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I'm not sure I'd accuse her of being human at this point

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 day ago

They are done releasing the files they feel like releasing... there's definitely more.

[-] zd9@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

I'm 100% sure there are disgusting pictures of Trump and many others, and video, and more.

[-] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

How will she ever recover from this scathing rebuke?!?

[-] zd9@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Lisa Murkowski had her brow just absolutely furrowed!

[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

In that case release the videos.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Uhhhhhhh ...........I'm not sure I actually want to watch those videos. Think about it. Yes the video would show donald trump naked and having sex with a 9 year old, BUT it also means that if you watched it, you would see donald trump having sex with a 9 year old.

I don't want to see that, and I can recount an endless amount of scandals and horrific behaviors that have been proven that trump engaged in. I cannot recall once trump having actually faced consequences for his actions.

So even if you were presented with the evidence tape.....is it even worth it to watch?

[-] zd9@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I'll be honest, I don't think MAGA would ever believe it without seeing it themselves. They aren't capable of abstract thinking unless something personally affects them.

[-] Cactusfighter@lemmy.org 5 points 1 day ago

They don't even believe what they see with their own eyes, they believe what they are told to believe

[-] LMurch 6 points 1 day ago

Oooh, makes me wonder if what's left is even worse than jerky, muffins and pizza parties.

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