The Justice Department quietly filed a motion in federal court Friday to block a new effort to compel the agency to release its trove of files on Jeffrey Epstein – as it’s required to by law – in a move that sparked fierce backlash among critics.“Oh my god,” wrote Brett Meiselas, cofounder of Meidas...
  • blueworld@piefed.worldEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    Newly-released documents from disgraced late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including a sheaf of entirely redacted pages, are seen in this handouts released by the U.S. Justice Department and printed and arranged for a photograph by Reuters in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

    The Justice Department quietly filed a motion in federal court Friday to block a new effort to compel the agency to release its trove of files on Jeffrey Epstein – as it’s required to by law – in a move that sparked fierce backlash among critics.

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    Signed into law last November, the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA) required the DOJ to release every file in its possession on Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell by Dec. 19, and with redactions limited to those protecting minors or victims. Instead, the DOJ released only a small fraction of its files on Epstein by the deadline, and with redactions beyond what the law permitted.

    • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
      21·
      2 hours ago

      Is this the same Jeffery Epstein, Trump’s closest and most intimate friend? The same one who ran the child sex ring and was killed mysteriously in prison?

  • mrmaplebar@fedia.io
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    1 hour ago

    Listen, this is a minor issue, relatively speaking…

    But as someone who just spent like $130 on fucking printer ink, I’m curious how much printing out all of those reactions would cost.