DOJ admits 47,635 Epstein files — including Trump allegations — were removed
2d 2h ago by lemmy.world/u/vegeta in politics from www.independent.co.uk
Yea, this is "what are you gonna do about it" phase of our government.
Good-night and enjoy your dictatorship.
It has been since the beginning
Nixon resigned.
Clinton resigned.
When did Clinton resign?
Clinton
Oops, No, that was wishful thinking after the Monica affair. Sorry.
He SHOULD have resigned.
So, they are admitting they broke the law, then?
Bro, have you once thanked Trump doe?
The Dow is over 48,000!
Suspiciously close to the amount of redacted documents
Day traders have the opportunity to do something hilarious
Who cares about raping children? We're getting RICH!
No, not you! US!
Hey, say what you will, but the DOW is higher than it was when Obama took office /s
Oh boy they are getting SLAMMED now
Unfortunately the law was written with no teeth. There are no real repercussions for failure to adhere to it.
Well, there are repercussions for us plebs. 'Rules for thee...' and such.
We are inferior because of our lack of money and influence and don't deserve protections.
Also no way to enforce. DOJ won't bother and they know it.
That's what I meant by teeth.
They control the supreme court. They can rewrite the laws anytime
Well the recent tarrif decision shows even their hold on SCOTUS is wanning
Feb 16 2026 Justice Department head Pam Bondi says "all Epstein files released"
"Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in a letter to Congress that the Justice Department has released what she described as 'all' of the Jeffrey Epstein files, saying the agency has fulfilled its obligations under the Epstein Transparency Act."
Mar 4 2026 ... apparently that thing she said was a lie.
Trump has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing, and one’s appearance in the Epstein files does not suggest otherwise.
It sounds to me that “The Independent” has been bought and paid for. Not only has he been accused thousands of times, he is a convict.
The second statement is simply false. 10,000 mentions alone are not a conviction, but they sure as fuck suggest he had something to do with it, Mr Journalist
Trump has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing, and one’s appearance in the Epstein files does not suggest otherwise.
It sounds to me that “The Independent” has been bought and paid for. Not only has he been accused thousands of times, he is a convict.
Have you not heard of defamation???
It's the most standard boiler plate statement journalist are forced to insert into their stories by their legal department.
Although this raises an interesting point. If Trump sued the independent for defamation clearly he would have much to lose in discovery hence he probably wouldn't do it, so you could potentially come out and call Trump a pedophile.
Then again Trump seems to be killing a lot of people, rule of law be damned
It's why subtext is so important, because this is clearly implied in the article ie Trump is guiltily of hideous crimes hence why the DoJ had to, illegally, delete/scrub files with information in that clearly showed his culpability
They are still trying to "find and replace" Trump with Biden in all the articles.
At this point I am starting to think there might be evidence of something huge in these files. Like the US involvement with the plans for 9/11 or something.
Weird what dates they didn't release...
That awkward moment when Epstein orchestrated 9/11 on behalf of Israel because bush jr wasn't into children like every other politician.
We’re gonna find out that the only politicians that dont fuck children are W, Cheney, and goddamn Kissinger then my brain is gonna collapse in on itself like a dying star.
Say what you will, but I think the absolute silence of fox news on obama and biden paint a pretty clear picture they aren't diddling kids either.
I feel like when everything is said and done I'm going to owe a lot of people an apology
A snap shot of 80 years of moneyed interest mischief undoubtedly.
it money. they are protecting funding sources.... its always money
Lol
I hope that foreign governments release the unredacted PDFiles, in full.
I hope hackers who wear thigh-high striped socks release the unredacted files in full.
Wouldn’t even need that at this point. I guarantee Elon has a (likely illegal) copy. Simply apply pressure and wait for him to break.
They are under no obligation to, of course, but I wish we'd see the victims band together and ask that any & all parties with access to the full unredacted files release them immediately. Zero redactions.
There are so many victims though, that you can't just get them on a stage together on TV. And surely some will still not want to be outed.
It sucks that some innocent folks would relive bad memories from an unredacted release. On the other paw, that shield of civility is also letting horrible monsters have free reign to continue abusing people, or to escape the consequences of their sordid past.
As a society, we should be able to treat the survivors with kindness, and the understanding that they didn't "ask for it".
Oh I agree. The documents should get dumped in full and we should treat the survivors with the grace and generosity they deserve.
Then maybe we think of some ways to stop putting greedy psychopaths into positions of power!
Our culture is completely on board with ruining both of these ideas, though.
The documents should get dumped in full and we should treat the survivors with the grace and generosity they deserve.
Have you met people? You and I might do that, but you can't guarantee some awful shithead will, and there's a lot of them out there.
You know, a simple ad campaign of some brave victims coming out and saying “I spoke up. I looked at the files. I’m not in the files.” could be incredibly powerful right now.
You can say pedophiles on the internet.
What is this self-censoring bullshit? We're not on dear leader's tiktok
…I think that was a pun.
It's a common self-censor kids use on censored sites/apps like YouTube or TikTok.
Just life “unalive”.
I am aware of the term and its normal use.
I am not censoring. It is a portmanteau: Pedofile, and a format of document, PDF. For some of us, word play is amusing.
OK. It's just also a common euphemism for “pedophile” in the same places where people use “unalive” instead of “kill”
Woosh
You hope that foreign governments will somehow release us government non-public files?
Im curious, how do you think that will work? They don't have access to them anymore than you do.
Typically, governments have spies. Those are useful for getting at the motive and intent of other nations, alongside convenient dirt.
WHat's the point removing them? Not like the criminals mentioned in the already publicly available ones have been prosecuted
Because whatever you think is in them, whatever you think we already know, it's significantly worse.
Totally agree.
Aren’t there like 3 MILLION more?
Most of it is duplicative, most likely. But they might as well publish them at this point.
No they're not. We're missing the majority of files for an entire decade.
What files? Are you talking about FBI investigative files prior to 2006? How do you even conclude it's a majority?
We won’t know until they’re published
OK, and when will they comply with the law?
As soon as 'consequences' stop being optional for people in power.
Consequences?
Stuff like this happens only in nations that are moronic and useless enough to be run by tax collecting pedophiles, rapists and war hawks. They will get away with this.
Tax dodging pedos, maybe?
ofc they dodge their taxes, but they are collecting your taxes..
Really? Accidental over-disclosure or improper redaction of legal documents only happens in countries "run by tax collecting pedophiles, rapists and war hawks"?
No, the fact that they are getting away with it only happens in these kind of entities you call countries.
So.. everywhere?
Yea, but US is the one nation that put Epstein in power, and kept him there for decades. Keeps him there even after his death. This one is not something you can put blame on “everywhere”.
Shocking.
If that's NOT another reason to study and read socialist theory, then I don't know what is. https://redsails.org/
Time to organize
Blondi has no shame
Didn't people complain about the lack of redactions for victims, even though it has now been confirmed, by those who viewed the unredacted files, that many of those redacted victims were trafficking minors and were authors of some of the questionable emails?
Yet when they take them down temporarily to review redactions, people are mad about that too?
People have all the documents backed up already. If they fail to restore any of them, then we'll know. 🤷♂️