"'I can't talk about any investigations, but I will say the following, which is that in July, the Department of Justice said that we had reviewed the 'Epstein files,' and there was nothing in there that allowed us to prosecute anybody,' he said. 'We then released over three and a half million pieces of paper which the entire world can look at now and see if we got it wrong.'"
"NPR's review of the documents has found numerous examples of the Justice Department failing to redact names of publicly-identified victims of sexual abuse as well as names of individuals who have not previously been publicized. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed by President Trump last year, called for the Justice Department to minimize its redactions while turning over information about the life and death of Epstein and the criminal charges he and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell faced."
The release of millions of pages of Epstein-related files reveals private communications linking Epstein to numerous powerful figures and details allegations against Epstein and others who have not faced sexual-trafficking charges. Internal Justice Department notes indicate a July review concluded no material warranted additional prosecutions, followed by publication of more than 3.5 million documents for public examination. The document set is poorly organized and contains inconsistent redactions; NPR identified unredacted names of publicly identified victims and previously nonpublic individuals. The Epstein Files Transparency Act required minimized redactions. Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year federal sentence for sexual exploitation and trafficking of children.
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