Advocates call for further disclosures after Trump’s justice department released more than 3m files last week
The release of about 3m Jeffrey Epstein investigative files has failed to quell outrage over justice department officials’ handling of these disclosures, with advocates claiming potentially millions of documents are still being withheld.
Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was required to disclose all investigative files by 19 December under The Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA). While the justice department did release some documents on that date, last week’s disclosure came nearly six weeks after this deadline.
The missed deadline and up to 3m files that remain unreleased have prompted criticism and calls for further disclosure to answer how Epstein sexually abused girls with impunity for decades and landed a sweetheart plea deal about 20 years ago that allowed him to avoid federal prosecution.
Only leaks will release the files, and they are definitely held under a tight watch, if not destroyed where they can. The really incendenary stuff likely kept under unrelated file names, and old trick to keep courts or prying eyes from ordering the release of files or the leak thereof. Someone would be a hero, but should maybe skip out to a non extradition country immediately after the leak to happen after they are safe somewhere.
Or just someone with nothing left to lose that doesn’t care. Some patriot, they do exist, some that learned the bosses they believed in were always cynical betrayers of the country, some going along to get along despite knowing the vagaries of our leaders. Either way, if one could get their hands on it