Advocates call for further disclosures after Trump’s justice department released more than 3m files last week

The release of about 3m Jeffrey Epstein investigative files has failed to quell outrage over justice department officials’ handling of these disclosures, with advocates claiming potentially millions of documents are still being withheld.

Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was required to disclose all investigative files by 19 December under The Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA). While the justice department did release some documents on that date, last week’s disclosure came nearly six weeks after this deadline.

The missed deadline and up to 3m files that remain unreleased have prompted criticism and calls for further disclosure to answer how Epstein sexually abused girls with impunity for decades and landed a sweetheart plea deal about 20 years ago that allowed him to avoid federal prosecution.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    18 hours ago

    Some people are screaming that they didn’t release enough, but the victims are screaming that they released too much and are demanding that the entire thing be pulled from the Internet.

    The MAGAs must be sooo confused right now, which is not exactly hard to do.

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      6 hours ago

      I heard victims criticizing the over redaction to protect the perpetrators.

      Victims as described by the justice department is those blackmailed with evidence of them fucking children, not abused kids/others.

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      17 hours ago

      Amazing how they manage to release actual CSAM but nothing interesting. You’d think it’s on purpose