"One of the things I think we're going to see going forward is the question of, why can't we see that? Why is that being redacted? Because this law is pretty clear that Congress meant for the public to see as much of this as possible."
"Talk about blacking out. I don't know if I can get a close-up of my phone. This is one of the documents that the Justice Department released. It's 100 pages. This is what it looks like, I don't know if you can see. It's all black. It's just 100 pages of redaction. That's the transparency we're getting here."
"We understand, obviously, that there needs to be a protection of these victimsThe question is, what is behind those blacked-out pages? And is it something that DOJ is being overcautious about to protect what, I don't know or is this something that Congress has to maybe go back in and tell them that they need to release?"
The Department of Justice issued a partial release of Jeffrey Epstein-related files with substantial redactions after the Epstein Transparency Act required full release by the deadline. The law set a midnight Friday disclosure requirement that the DOJ did not meet in full, prompting threats of consequences from Rep. Ro Khanna for any concealment or removal of records. CNN coverage highlighted large swaths of blacked-out pages and raised questions about whether redactions exceed necessary victim protections. The White House deputy press secretary defended redactions as necessary to protect victims and criticized media interest in victim names.
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