https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein-files-redaction-over-500-pages-entirely-blacked-out/The Justice Department released thousands of new records on Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, but at least 550 pages in the documents are fully redacted, CBS News has found.The newly released files included photos of several prominent people in Epstein's orbit, images from his homes and investigative records that detail disturbing allegations against the late sex offender. But the heavy redactions in many of the records have drawn criticism from Democrats and some Republicans, as the department defends its handling of the files.One series of three consecutive documents — totaling 255 pages — is entirely redacted, with each page covered by a black box. A fourth 119-page document labeled "Grand Jury-NY" is also entirely redacted. It's unclear what proceedings it stemmed from, but the document listed immediately before it is a transcript in which a prosecutor asks a grand jury in 2020 to consider evidence for a superseding indictment of Epstein's convicted co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.At least 180 blacked-out pages appear in files that are mostly but not entirely redacted. In some cases, a cover page, a photo of a folder or something else that isn't fully redacted precedes several pages that are entirely obscured by a black box.In other cases, the redactions were more sparing. For example, a 96-page police report on a Florida investigation into Epstein in the mid-2000s redacts the names of victims and other details, but leaves many other details in.And some of the thousands of photos included in Friday's release are partially redacted, with some people's faces obscured by boxes. Photos that include former President Bill Clinton, pop star Michael Jackson and other notable people have partial redactions (though Clinton and Jackson themselves are fully visible).
Why was the DOJ allowed to redact Epstein files?The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed by Congress last month, requires the Justice Department to release the files in its possession related to Epstein and Maxwell. Redactions are allowed for a handful of reasons, including to protect survivors' personal information and to leave out violent photos and child sexual abuse material. Documents can also be withheld in a "tailored and temporary manner" if their release would "jeopardize an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution."Some of Friday's redactions appear to black out the names of survivors, but it's not clear in every case why information was blacked out. The government is required to give Congress a list of redactions within 15 days.The law explicitly forbids the government from withholding records due to the risk of "embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity." The Justice Department said on X that no politicians' names were redacted from the files.Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a letter to Congress earlier Friday that a team of more than 200 Justice Department lawyers scoured the documents in search of survivors'' names and other things that needed to be redacted. He said the department is still going through the files and will release more of them on a "rolling basis," though the law required them to be released by Friday.Blanche's letter also said "additional lawyers of review" were necessary when reviewing grand jury transcripts. Judges in New York and Florida have given the government permission to release grand jury transcripts from Epstein and Maxwell's cases, but the judge overseeing the Maxwell case required the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan to "personally certify" that none of the documents contain victims' personal information.
Democrats criticize the redactions in Epstein filesSome lawmakers have blasted the Justice Department for the redactions and for acknowledging that some documents will be released later.Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who helped lead the effort to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act, argued that Friday's document release wasn't in compliance with their law.Khanna called it an "incomplete release with too many redactions" in a video posted to X. He said he's "exploring all options," including impeachment or referrals for prosecution. Massie said the release "grossly fails to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the law."Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said: "Simply releasing a mountain of blacked out pages violates the spirit of transparency and the letter of the law. For example, all 119 pages of one document were completely blacked out. We need answers as to why." CBS News has reached out to the Justice Department for comment on the criticism.The Justice Department has defended its handling of the files. Blanche told Fox News Digital: "The only redactions being applied to the documents are those required by law — full stop.""Democrat administrations in the past have refused to provide full details of the Jeffrey Epstein saga," Blanche said in his letter to lawmakers. "But President Trump, Attorney General Bondi, and FBI Director Patel are committed to providing full transparency consistent with the law."
>>1467677>The Justice Department said on X that no politicians' names were redacted from the files.See >>1467654
>>1467678These fucking jackasses release over 500 completely blacked-out pages and still have the nerve to go "we're committed to full transparency, unlike the dems!"Stop lying. Just stop fucking lying. You're not even lying effectively anymore, you're lying straight to the nation's face while handing them proof that you're lying. Just fucking stop it.
>>1467680Going to have to pass another bill requiring no redactions
>>1467681The original bill said no redactions other than victims names and pictures. They violated it and the DOJ is now in contempt of congress.
>>1467682Nothing is going to happen until Trump is out of office.
>>1467682>the DOJ is now in contempt of congressJust as transcripts of tapes over half a century ago were given the 'REDACTED' treatment.Nixon had a bigger majority than Trump has, and look what happened to him.Just one name that has a blacked out space that just happens to be the size of five letters is in itself a smoking gun. If you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear, Desperate Don.You're just delaying the inevitable. Just as Nixon did.
>>1467682The politicians were victims of Epstein. He tricked them into sex with underaged girls
>>1467684lel co-ping is hard work.>Nothing happened before Trump was in office>Something will happen once he's out!!!
>>1467687What?
>>1467690What?
>>1467682>>1467686You know, blackmail is a crime. That bill neglected to specify victims of what.
If he had any evidence to prove he was innocent, we’d have seen it immediately after the allegations were made. He looks guilty as sin because he is. Nobody goes out of their way to obfuscate things to this degree unless they were involved somehow. The guy who was on the record on shows like Howard Stern bragging about watching teenage girls dress up in the changing room, who married a woman associated with Epstein, who “jokingly” competed with Epstein on who gets what girls, is as pure as the driven snow? Get the fuck out of here. You can tell the MAGAts who told those Trump voters who demanded the files be released to 'Cut the shit' are nervous because we keep seeing increasingly retarded conspiracy theories about it, or saying 'It's a nothingburger'.Trump's response, if he was innocent, would have been to release all the files right after Elon accused him of being in them. He didn't. He pretended they didn't exist, then he said that the Democrats tampered with them, then Mike Johnson said that Trump was an undercover agent, which he later retracted. You only do something like that if you are truly guilty. It's basically a "tell" that shows Trump is in the files and that he was guilty.
>>1467690>What?Jeffrey Epstein's legal issues began in 2005 when Maria Farmer filed rape allegations for an incident in 1996.In October 2007, transgender model Ava Cordero alleged that Epstein had abused her and filed suit accordingly.Virginia Giuffre was among the first of Epstein's accusers to reveal her identity to the public, in 2011.On July 27, 2006, Epstein was arrested by the Palm Beach Police Department on state felony charges.Acosta (R) agreed to a plea deal, which Alan Dershowitz (D) helped to negotiate.Acosta later said he offered a lenient plea deal because he was told that Epstein "belonged to intelligence", was "above his pay grade" and to "leave it alone".In 2019, Judge Kenneth Marra (R) for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida adjudicated that the Acosta NPA document had violated the Crime Victims' Rights Act.On June 30, 2008 (Blue FL days) Epstein's cell door was left unlocked, and he had access to the attorney room where a television was installed for him, before he was moved to the Stockade's previously unstaffed infirmary.After a contested hearing in January 2011, and an appeal, he stayed registered in New York State as a "level three" (high risk of repeat offense) sex offender, a lifelong designation.[176] At that hearing, the Manhattan assistant district attorney, Jennifer Gaffney (D), argued unsuccessfully that the level should be reduced to a low-risk "level one" after the request from the office of then AG Cyrus Vance Jr. (D),His career spanned several known decades from Clinton through Bush, and Obama.He wasn't arrested or sentenced to anything worthwhile until dRumpf was elected. Then he 'killed himself' in solitary confinement.One of the bigger proponents of releasing the Epstein files was Democrat Chuck Schumer, who Epstein donated to frequently.So, what makes you think that anything will happen once Trump leaves office? Are you like a fucking retard absolutely ignorant of reality?
>>1467690Not even this can be 'What?'-ed awayhttps://i.postimg.cc/tJZdjwJv/trump-epstein-court-document.jpgAs that taped conversation with Nixon & Haldeman was, this is a smoking gun.Trump could have simply had nothing to do with Epstein in the first place>14 years oldKnow your place, cultists: you're pedo enablers with every post you make in this & other related threads which say anything other than 'Trump must be politically destroyed''.Remember the movie Sound of Freedom, and how that was lauded by those who lorded themselves over those not exactly like them they accused of being pedo-enablers? 'Save the children!' and all that jazz? That aged well.Accusations are Admissions indeed.
>>1467700>Not even this can be 'What?'-ed awayWhy not? Where's the wrong doing on gRumpf's part here? And keep in mind, dRumpf did ban Epstein from Mar-A-Lago and have him arrested and prosecuted.So, while you say it can't be "What-ed?" away, can you explain in detail why you believe your image shows anything worthwhile?
>>1467701What?
https://epsteinsblackbook.com/all-nameshttps://epsteinsblackbook.com/black-book-images/80.jpg
>dRumpf did ban Epstein from Mar-A-Lago and have him arrested and prosecutedThere's nothing to lose for Trump by releasing the files completely unredacted then.
>>1467710Probably not see >>1467698
>>1467698That's a long fucking list of Democrats that protected Epstein the first go around
>>146769610 to 1 he was a business partner and not just a customer
>>1467682Trump and other government officials are victims here and therefore should be kept redacted as a matter of national pride and national security
>>1467698>Acosta later said he offered a lenient plea deal because he was told that Epstein "belonged to intelligence", was "above his pay grade" and to "leave it alone".Maybe I'm just impulsive but I would have killed him then and there and began tracking down the people trying to suppress it>>1467682There needs to be attacks or murders of these corrupt politicians so the newer generations can force their way in and uncover this mess
>>1467739americans wont do shit. they love taking it up the ass too much
Things that would be fully redacted are case summaries that go into a lot of detail about timelines and victim personal information including their police and medical reports.
>>1467742Yeah, because the entire 100+ page grand jury transcript was just that?Go fuck a cactus. They're covering up for pedophiles and directly going against the law now.
>>1467745LOL I told you weeks ago there was nothing here. And look, you're still coping.Holy shit. The most interesting new stuff involves Douchejewshits or Derwhowitz, however you spell it.
>>1467746Too bad they didn't bring Mueller back to serve this turd to them.lol
>>1467746>Censors the whole document>"See, there's nothing there!"
>>1467750I do believe the censored ones are Grand Jury related. To the best of my knowledge dRumpf never faced a grand jury for anything Epstein related.So, no, there's nothing there. And whatever is there has already been seen by Democrat politicians who would've leaked it to the media.And this is what I've been telling you for a while, but NooooooOOOOO. You held out hope of getting Trump again, like an idiot. When will you realize?
>>1467751>I do believe the censored ones are Grand Jury related. To the best of my knowledge dRumpf never faced a grand jury for anything Epstein related.Are you retarded?
>>1467751Working hard to defend a man who has been accused of sexual assault by dozens of women for decades before he ever became a politician. The guy who said “Epstein is a great guy. And he likes em young” the guy who was best friends with the most notorious sex trafficker in recent history. The guy who openly talks about the women around him and how much he likes their body parts “her lips. Her fabulous lips” he just said last week.Trump would step on your face if you were dying on the street and in his way.And then hundreds of pages completely redacted and your line “haha see I told you libs. Owned!”Lick those authoritarian boots you fucking clown. Keep defending child predators and feeling good about it.
>>1467753Yes, I thought you'd definitely get Trump...this time.
>>1467676>At least one picture in the files wasn't from Epstein's island at all but instead from a fundraiser>It included Bill ClintonBiggest and most obvious coverup ever fucking made.
>>1467758Since the Mueller report.
>>1467758For additional context: One of the pictures in the files purported to show Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross with an Epstein victim whose face was blacked out. It came out it was actually a publicly available picture from a fundraiser unrelated to Epstein with the "victim" just being Diana Ross' son.
>>1467676They should probably reprimand whichever investigator repeated that victims name 150,000 times in a row with no other words in between.
President Trump ordered all current Democrats removed from the lists because he didn't want to embarrass them in the midterms.
>>1467676Coming out now that people caught a single photo in which a photo of Trump with a bunch of young girls is visible. Come morning, it was mysteriously removed.Impeach and remove.
>>1467676dang trump must be 90% of this release
>>1467679>The Department of Justice redacted the names of government officialsuh huh, but no politicians right>trust me, we're the good kidfuckers
>>1467767Update: 18 images were removed from the trove overnight. Fucking embarrassing.
>>1467767could I see it
>>1467776>https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-20-at-12.37.04-PM-1-1024x688.pngThis was in file EFTA00000468 in the initial release. If you go on the site now, it EFTA00000467 and EFTA00000469 are listed right after each other with the 468 file between them nowhere to be found.
>>1467777good catch and checked
>>1467777>the 468 file between them nowhere to be found.Oh, it'll be saved and archived somewhere.Ever hear of 'What goes on the internet stays on the internet', DoJ?
>>1467766And himself for that matter. At least one file containing a picture of Trump and Epstein together was removed from the justice.gov website without notice. (EFTA00000468)
>>1467784Oh it is; reddit alone has the thing reposted across it about a thousand times in the last day. But this should be the absolute smoking gun that they are deliberately covering up anything with Trump in it. He no longer has plausible deniability.
>>1467761https://i.postimg.cc/YqHvFb1H/white-house-gets-it-wrong.jpgIt was at this moment Trump knew, he fucked up.
>>1467784I'd posit that it wasn't actually put on the interbutts and trolls are taking you tards for a ride. AGAIN
>>1467795>Meidas touchNo wonder why you're a left wing terrorism waiting ti happen.
>>1467797>No wonder why you're a left wing terrorism waiting ti>a left wing terrorism>tiI don't need to wonder why you aren't American, committing acts of terrorism against the English language.
>>1467799Look, here's your fedposter>>1467788. Do't be shocked when you get an invite to the Discord, then load your gay asshole with hand grenades to attempt to kill some normie fag who decided to speak where one best not attempt any form or freedom of speech.
>>1467799I think they think they're trolling in their schizo wayby deliberately introducing errors into their posts, they can justify they're actually right because no one comments on the other errors in their argumentsAnyone who actually attacks their arguments ignores the ESL errors, and can be ignored in turn
>>1467803Reddit doesn't like typos? You can leave. You suck anyway.
I'm about to commit an act of terrorism against an orange pedo and his cultists such as you, >>1467797Here's the file the DoJ didn't want you to see:https://i.postimg.cc/vm2cJygZ/epstein-files-EFTA00000468.pngYou're welcome, anti-pedos of 4chan.That tape of Nixon & Haldeman. The above photo. Give 'em both barrels that are smoking.
>>1467809OML. Trump is so done for now. I knew 468 was the organeman killer.No one could miss what's going on in that photo.It's absolutely over.
>>1467814It's less what's in the photo and more that it's removal is objective proof the DOJ is actively censoring and removing any mentions of Trump.
>>1467676All redacted suspects are guilty until proven guilty in a court of law.REMEMBER THIS WHEN THE SLIPPERY SLOPE OF CENSORING OUR INTERNET GETS SLIPPIER.
>>1467816Trump is clearly a victim then. Epstein raped Trump.
>>1467831#BelieveAllVictims
>>1467831Epstein also tried to censor our internet. No matter, it shall NOT pass congresss and not appease those pro censorship shills. (Or am I hunting and clowning on the wrong shills?)
>>1467839>congresssYou sound like Judge Death from the Judge Dredd comic stories in 2000 AD.
>>1467842To be fair, That is what I’ll become if those stupid shills who want to censor the free and anonymous internet end up winning. WE AINT THE SHILLS CHESS PIECES
>>1467845>censor the free and anonymous internetSausages, uncle spam>WE AINT THE SHILLS CHESS PIECEShttp://s7.postimg.cc/i41cpipbv/capslock.jpg>Don’t you like hunting and clowning on shills?You do that to yourself. I don't need to do anything.
>>1467845Go have a schizophrenic meltdown on another board.
>>1467854To be fair, the only reason your statement is valid is because of all the times I’ve anonymously been called a shill on this platform when in reality all that is wanted and needed is free and uncensored internet and a failed KOSA bill, and for Agenda 2030 and the WEF to all crumble.
>>1467866>>>/x/
>>1467676>>1467677>>1467678The trump administration looks guilty as hell with this "release".Even though I don't agree with much of anything on the Left I think I have to vote for people who don't defend child molesters.
>>1467923Luckily the post came in clutch. As in the New York post. The pictures that Trump had were infact with ADULT WOMEN. And guess who the post blamed? NOT REPUBLICANS, BUT ZE DEMOCRATS.Pam Bondi Is a /x/ RINO and Trump needs to fire her NOW. And so does congress
>>1467928>Source: crackpipe.jpg
>>1467936That’s what the democrats were doing when they snuck into the DOJ office and put black squares over everything. As the mainstream media says “it’s Just the Facts”
14679281467999>>>/x/
>>1467928>>1467999What?
>>1467928>>1467999russian troll farm rookie
>>1467757They did.
>>1467999It's okay anon, I thought it was funny
>>1467746Pretty much this. There was a huge list of Democrats that got Epstein out of any serious charges for his first conviction
did we get him yet? Two more weeks?
>CensoredSo why even fucking release them?
>>1468170weird headcanon
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/21/missing-epstein-files-doj-trump-photoThe latest: The Justice Department said in a Sunday post on X that the Southern District of New York had flagged the image "for potential further action to protect victims" and that the DOJ had pulled it down "out of an abundance of caution." It was determined there was "no evidence" any victims were depicted in the photo, so "it has been reposted without any alteration or redaction."Zoom in: The New York Times and AP both reported that 16 files were gone Saturday, while CBS News said at least 15 were missing. The previously missing image showed a desk covered in photos — including a picture of former President Clinton and at least one of Trump, who appears to be posing alongside his wife, Epstein and the late financier's convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. In another, NBC reported, a man who appears to be Trump is pictured with women, including at least one in a bikini.What they're saying: House Oversight Democrats questioned Attorney General Pam Bondi about the missing file in a Saturday statement that read, "is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public." Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, said on CNN's "State of the Union" that if possible, Democrats will bring litigation. "Trump opposed the legislation up until the very end when he could read the writing on the wall," Raskin said. "Then he said, 'oh, I'm for it.' They've decided they're just going to try to obstruct the implementation of the legislation." The Justice Department said in a Saturday statement that the materials will "continue being reviewed and redacted consistent with the law in an abundance of caution as we receive additional information."Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) described the incomplete release as a "big mistake" on ABC's "This Week."
>>1468171>>1468198>The latest: The Justice Department said in a Sunday post on X that the Southern District of New York had flagged the image "for potential further action to protect victims" and that the DOJ had pulled it down "out of an abundance of caution."Damn. Two more weeks it seems. I thought for sure we had him this time
>>1468209>Guys trust us, it was totally not because we got caught and the image was already public. See New York asked us to take it down!>No you can't see the actual filing. What, do you think we'd LIE or something?
>>1468209The maga cult is freaking out and bending over backwards to protect pedophiles. This shit is wild. Remember a year ago when they had there fake sex trafficking hero movie and claimed to hate pedophiles? Then your cult leader is openly exposed as the best friend of a child molester and evidence comes out that it was little girls not just some teenager bullshit that Laura Ingram tries to tell you is okay. So suddenly all the maga conservatives are mocking people trying to expose child monsters.You morals are for sale and Trump bought them to fuck little kids.
>>1467746>Douchejewshits or Derwhowitz, however you spell it.You mean Trump's impeachment lawyer?
>>1467727So the bigger part of the cover up happens under republicans?This theory would make sense under Kamala, not under trump.
>>1468221Politics is a cult.
A rightard politician is a cunt
