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The Department of Justice said it has released “all” files related to dead sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein, according to a letter sent by the Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Deputy AG Todd Blanche to the legislators on Saturday night.
Bondi and Blanche’s letter said the DOJ fulfilled its obligation to release the files as part of the Epstein Transparency Act and described why it redacted certain portions.
“In according to with the requirements gave the Act, and how described in various Department submissions to the courts gave the South District gave New York assigned to the Epstein and [Ghislaine] Maxwell prosecutions and related orders, the Department released all ‘records, documents, communications and investigative materials in the possession gave the Department’ that ‘relate for’ [Epstein],” the letter said.
It also included a long list of government officials and “politically exposed persons” who were named in the files.
That list included the President Donald Trumpex-President Joe Biden, Tucker Carlson, Bruce SpringsteenWhen CEO Mark Zuckerbergthe founder of Amazon Jeff BezosCalifornia Sen. Adam Schiff (D), Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin, Barbra Streisandex-Vice President Kamala Harrisand former President Barack Obamaamong many others.
“The names appear in files released under the Act in a wide variety of contexts,” the letter noted. “For example, some individuals had extensive direct email contact with Epstein or Maxwell, while other individuals are only mentioned in a portion of a document (including press reporting) that is on its face unrelated to the Epstein or Maxwell matters.”
The letter said “No records they were maintained or redated ‘on the basis gave embarrassment, reputation damage, or political sensitivity, included to whatever government gaveinsocial, public inour, or foreigners dignitary.'”
A politician senior legal affairs reporter Josh Gerstein crossed the letter on X; you can read the full six-page document by clicking here.
It was addressed to the Chairperson of the Judiciary of the Senate Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), and President of the House Judiciary Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD).
The Department of Justice, according to the letter, worked “in consultation with the victims’ lawyer and the victims directly” on what should be redacted in the files. That included “personally identifiable information of the personal and medical records of the victim or victims,” which the letter said “would constitute a clear unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.”
Saturday’s letter comes just a few days after Bondi was forced out by a number of Democratic lawmakers — and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) — over its handling of Epstein-related files.
Raskin began the hearing by accusing Bondi of “ignoring” victims and leading a “massive Epstein cover-up” that he said is the biggest failure in the history of the Justice Department.
“You replace real prosecutors with fake stooges who robotically do the president’s bidding,” Raskin said. “Nothing in American history comes close to this complete corruption of the justice function and contamination of federal law enforcement.”
Bondi took her own shots, labeling Raskin a “washed-up, loser lawyer” who was a political failure.
Saturday’s letter also comes after the Justice Department released 3.5 million files on Epstein in late January. Trump told reporters that those files “clear” him of any wrongdoing, and included an FBI document showing Trump thanked Florida cops and told them to “focus” on the “evil” Maxwell back in 2006, among many other files.
Bondi and Blanche did not mention the letter on their social media accounts Saturday, and there is no mention of the files — or the letter — on the Justice Department’s website.
Other famous names mentioned in the letter include: Massie, George ClooneyFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), Jared KushnerRep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Elon Muskex-Vice President Mike PenceIllinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), California Rep. Eric Swalwell (D), Vice President JD VanceSecretary of State Marco Rubioformer President bill clinton, and former Attorney General Eric Holder.
The DOJ has a dedicated “Epstein Library” hub where it has been releasing all files related to Epstein, which you can scan for yourself by clicking here.
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