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The inconsistent application of redactions by the Justice Department, leading to the exposure of sensitive images and names.
’s document releases have been characterized by sweeping blackouts and slow, piecemeal publication: many files were heavily redacted (including entire pages), and says it is withholding or redacting m...
The files were published because Congress forced the Justice Department to release unclassified Epstein-related records and President Trump signed that law, but the resulting tranche showed a mix of r...
published and then removed thousands of items from its online " Library," including dozens of unredacted nude images and multiple photos showing public figures such as and others, after victims’ lawye...
The latest release of -related materials includes images and photos that reference or depict several public figures — from and to , and others — and DOJ officials say they applied broad redactions aim...
The public record assembled from news reports does not contain a single authoritative count of "distinct victims named" in file releases; reporting instead documents that unredacted names, faces and o...
The batch of released and then partially pulled by the included multiple documents that referenced Mar‑a‑Lago — from an file alleging a rape and a 1994 court document mentioning a 14‑year‑old taken to...
A in the ’s massive files release allowed viewers to copy-and-paste or otherwise bypass black boxes and revealed fragments of underlying text and images, prompting the DOJ to pull thousands of items a...
says it identified more than 1,200 victims or family members in the files as part of its compliance work, but the agency has not published a detailed technical account of the precise counting method; ...
choices about withholding, redacting, and removing were driven officially by a narrow set of priorities: protecting victims’ personally identifiable information and removing any , carried out under a ...
The public clash over the release boiled down to competing definitions of “justice”: and the team of roughly 500 DOJ reviewers say their priority was legally mandated transparency while protecting vic...
Media organizations approached claims that “Republican names were removed or redacted” from the Justice Department’s Jeffrey Epstein disclosures by examining the released files directly, testing the i...
The Justice Department has publicly said it is withholding discrete categories of Epstein‑era material — chiefly unredacted victim personal information and records that could jeopardize active investi...