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Jamie Raskin accuses DoJ of cover-up after viewing unredacted Epstein files (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago by kingofras@lemmy.world to c/Epsteinfiles@lemmy.world

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“I went over there, and I was able to determine, at least I believe, that there were tons of completely unnecessary redactions, in addition to the failure to redact the names of victims, and so that was troubling to us,” Raskin told reporters.

He accused the justice department of being “in a cover-up mode” and breaking the law.

“They violated that precept by releasing the names of a lot of victims, which is either spectacular incompetence and sloppiness on their part, or, as a lot of the survivors believe, a deliberate threat to other survivors who are thinking about coming forward, that they need to be careful because they can be exposed and have their personal information dragged through the mud as well,” Raskin said.

The justice department has released a total of about 3.5m files related to Epstein, and Raskin said there were around 3m more awaiting release.

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Another redacted document Raskin said he saw in full was an email Epstein had sent to his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, which contained an account from his lawyers of a conversation with attorneys representing Trump that occurred around 2009.

Trump was quoted in it as saying that while Epstein was never a member of his Mar-a-Lago club, he had been a guest and was never asked to leave, which would contradict statements from the president that he had at one point barred him from his Florida property.

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[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don’t want garnish.

If you get a chance to see the files. Tell me what the hell happened.

Not these meta narratives.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They had to go in person, and as a single person looking through 6 million + files, I don't think they're going to be able to paint the full portrait you're asking for. Hopefully they can use the little they were able to view to force a more complete release

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought they were only allowed the 3.5mil files that have been released, they got to see those unredacted.

[–] Macchi_the_Slime@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As I understand it, yes it is only what was released. Just them, no aides or staff, handwritten notes only, no electronics of any kind brought in, and by appointment only meaning they're time with the files was also likely incredibly limited.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's what I thought so they didn't even get to see all 6+ million files. Just the ones that the DOJ has cherry picked to release.

[–] Macchi_the_Slime@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

That's my understanding at least, yeah. That they're only able to see the non-redacted versions of what has been cherry picked by DOJ for release and that 3m or whatever that hasn't been released is still off limits to this.

[–] Kobibi@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He could only view 30 - 40 files, and did tell us at least one of the redacted names (Les Wexner)

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Not at all surprising, hopefully Columbus Ohio will start removing his name from buildings over it (they won't)