The Department of Justice released more than 3 million pages, including more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, in its files tied to the death and criminal investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says Friday’s release means the DOJ is now in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Congress passed last November and which legally required the DOJ to release all the files.

  • etchinghillside@reddthat.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    16 hours ago

    Uhhhh - sorry if I’m dumb.

    So these are witness statements(?) - are these linked to any kind of court cases that have since been finalized or are these statements for some kind of future court case?

    Or does this all get swept under the rug?

    • tomi000@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      12 hours ago

      Many of the statements are marked as unreliable or couldnt be contacted. It seems pretty obvious that a lot of it is true if that many statements exist, but I imagine it could be hard making a case based on that.

      • Doorbook@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        4 hours ago

        If you get a statement about and event and you have place and time, I think you can investigate and will find more. Giving people protection and telling them they just need a statement, many will come forward.

        The main issue here is people not only fighting the literal government, but also millions of people who voted for their rapist.

    • Asafum@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      15 hours ago

      Or does this all get swept under the rug?

      This is Donald Trump, so yes. He gets away with literally everything. That fucking piece of shit cannot die soon enough…

      • e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        11 hours ago

        he will bomb Venezuela, Iran or occupy Greenland just to make people talk of other things. February is gonna start hot. Hopefully this commentary ages like milk