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United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York

Chief Federal law enforcement officer in eight New York State counties: New York (Manhattan), Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan

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Feb 5, 2026

How have journalists and courts handled victim privacy and redaction requests in the public release of the Epstein documents?

The public unsealing of millions of pages tied to prompted a clash between transparency mandates and survivor privacy — journalists pressed and exposed redaction failures while the defended its legal ...

Feb 3, 2026

How did the DOJ distinguish between victim identities and third‑party names when redacting the Epstein files?

said it sought to protect victims by redacting “personally identifiable information” and images of victims in the library, using multi-layer review protocols and targeted searches for known names, but...