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Frustration mounts at Justice Department as it races to redact some Epstein files, sources say
The Justice Department must redact thousands of Epstein-related pages with minimal guidance, risking errors and extensive redactions as mandated by Congress for transparency.
- By Friday, the Justice Department is racing to prepare Epstein-related documents for release after an act of Congress mandated the Trump administration comply with the deadline.
- The Justice Department's National Security Division inherited the redaction work from the FBI after the Congressional transparency law passed, with lawyers given only four pages of internal guidance mainly citing exemptions.
- Duplicates in the document cache add hundreds of additional pages and increase the risk of inconsistent redactions, while the National Security Division's prior JFK release exposed social security numbers of more than 400 former congressional staffers.
- Public scrutiny may persist given survivors' complaints and anticipated redactions, as Epstein survivors recently told CNN they had no DOJ outreach and extensive redactions are expected on Friday.
- The National Security Division is an atypical team to run this redaction project, as NSD lawyers focus on classified matters and not sex crimes or FOIA, and counterintelligence specialists dropped other work though some declined.
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Frustration mounts at Justice Department as it races to redact some Epstein files, sources say
Frustration is mounting inside the Justice Department as it races to redact thousands of pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein before they must be released Friday, multiple sources familiar with the process told CNN.
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