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Uncle Joe

(64,246 posts)
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 05:00 PM Tuesday

US justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files, filing reveals

Federal law required majority of documents to be released by 19 December, but only 125,575 pages have been published

The Department of Justice has released less than 1% of the so-called Epstein files, a court filing has revealed, as Democrats step up criticism of the Trump administration’s “lawlessness” for keeping records under seal.

The department conceded that only 12,285 documents, totalling 125,575 pages, relating to the disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein have been published to date, despite a federal law requiring the vast majority to be released by 19 December.

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“What are they trying to hide?” Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, said in a post to X on Monday accusing the justice department of failing to submit a required unredacted list to Congress “of all government officials and politically exposed persons” named or referenced in the files.

“It’s been 17 DAYS since the Trump DOJ first broke the law and failed to release all the Epstein files. It’s been 14 DAYS since Trump’s DOJ released anything at all – with the DOJ doing everything in its power to delay and obfuscate.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/06/epstein-files-release-justice-department
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US justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files, filing reveals (Original Post) Uncle Joe Tuesday OP
So Bondi is breaking the law... Historic NY Tuesday #1
17 days.... Bayard Tuesday #2

Historic NY

(39,662 posts)
1. So Bondi is breaking the law...
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 05:03 PM
Tuesday

Time to go after her REpuks only have a one vote margin and perhaps a no vote with one congressman dead and another in serious condition after an accident. As Thomas Massie with vote with the DEms.

It time to be bold and think like WWRepublicans Do. so she's FAFO

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