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Uncle Joe

(63,803 posts)
Thu Nov 27, 2025, 02:39 PM 7 hrs ago

Law firm representing alleged Epstein victims sends scathing letter over DOJ document release

(snip)

According to the attorneys' filing, the House Oversight release included the unredacted names and personal information of dozens of victims, including women who were minors at the time of their abuse. One document alone contained 28 unredacted names of alleged victim, the attorneys wrote. Based on the scope of the issue, the attorneys said that they believe the DOJ either "does not know the identities of all the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and thus cannot apply proper redactions to the files," or "is intentionally failing to protect victims from public exposure."

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The filing further noted that the DOJ publicly acknowledged in July that "Epstein harmed over one thousand victims." Based on that statement, the attorneys asked in the filing that the court confirm with the DOJ that, prior to submitting the files to the House Oversight Committee, "it undertook the onerous and necessary task of redacting all one thousand plus victim names that it had in its possession."

"On that pointed inquiry, the court will learn the DOJ's redaction process and its process efforts are so irreconcilable with the number of victims it has publicly acknowledged that, when confronted with the discrepancy, its response will land somewhere between incoherent mumbling, non sequitur, and outright misrepresentation," the attorneys wrote.

(snip)

"Despite numerous pleas for assistance, there is one singular entity that the victims cannot seem to find a way to engage and which has been the primary violator of the victims' identity protection thus far -- the Department of Justice," they wrote.

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/epstein-alleged-victims-lawyer-sends-scathing-letter-doj/story?id=127907683

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hlthe2b

(112,299 posts)
3. I think they simply forgot to indicate "no redactions--except for victim's info). I can't imagine anyone aware would
Thu Nov 27, 2025, 02:46 PM
7 hrs ago

not wish to make sure victims were not revictimized yet again...

Uncle Joe

(63,803 posts)
4. I haven't seen anyone calling for release with no redactions of the victims names, many of whom were minors.
Thu Nov 27, 2025, 02:51 PM
7 hrs ago

Obviously all that overtime money, the *rump administration spent on 1000 FBI agents going through the emails to flag his name has been the DOJ's primary focus of concern, not the victims.

MichMan

(16,393 posts)
5. Rep. Ro Khanna in July demanded a full unredacted release of all documents
Thu Nov 27, 2025, 03:07 PM
7 hrs ago
Representative Ro Khanna (D‑CA) has announced plans to force a vote in the House of Representatives demanding the full, unredacted release of all documents related to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.


https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143495421

https://www.newsweek.com/democrat-ro-khanna-demands-vote-release-full-jeffrey-epstein-files-2098309

Uncle Joe

(63,803 posts)
6. The *rump administration had entirely closed the case in July, nothing to see here, and Khanna was speaking
Thu Nov 27, 2025, 03:24 PM
6 hrs ago

of all the elites that *rump was protecting along with himself.

The Khanna/Massie bill, unanimously approved by the Senate and signed by the President within the past week or so specifically includes provisions to protect the victims identities.

The last paragraph of the OP lays out clearly who the victims blame for this along with the non-responsiveness of the DOJ, but you would rather blame a Democrat than *rump's DOJ which has been stonewalling this issue since May?

MichMan

(16,393 posts)
7. He must have changed his mind as he was calling for it at one time
Thu Nov 27, 2025, 03:47 PM
6 hrs ago

Good for him. Not blaming anyone other than those demanding full release with no redactions. I have seen other posts calling for no redactions, but since I can't find them now, I guess I was just making it up.

I thought it was the House Oversight Committee that released the Epstein estate emails anyway

Uncle Joe

(63,803 posts)
9. Khanna has always been for protection of the victims
Thu Nov 27, 2025, 03:58 PM
6 hrs ago

Good for all of us.

As for blame how about listening to the victims and their attorneys as to who is to blame.

hlthe2b

(112,299 posts)
2. Anyone want to bet the vengeful TSF ordered them included/non-redacted?
Thu Nov 27, 2025, 02:44 PM
7 hrs ago

Of course, gross incompetence runs neck to neck with the explanations, but...

no_hypocrisy

(53,877 posts)
8. In civil law, there's a tort called public disclosure of private facts, which is a type of invasion of privacy.
Thu Nov 27, 2025, 03:53 PM
6 hrs ago

Public disclosure of private facts is the publication of the private affairs of another person when the disclosures would be highly offensive to a reasonable person.[11] For example, a creditor puts a notice in a store owner’s window saying the owner owes money and hasn’t paid.

This is different from defamation in that the published material in question may be true, but is especially private. The publication requirement is far greater than it is for defamation. Merely telling a third party is not enough. The private facts must be broadcast to a broad audience.[12]

If the matter is the subject of legitimate public concern, then the First Amendment’s freedom of speech and freedom of the press guarantees protect the publication from lawsuits. Because of the complexity of determining what is a public concern, some jurisdictions don’t recognize this type of invasion of privacy, though excessive disclosure of facts that are truly private can be actionable under the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress.[13]

The question of whether a story about a public figure is newsworthy is complex and fact-specific. For example, reporting on a secret medical condition of an actor may not be protected because the actor’s health may not be of public concern beyond mere curiosity, while the secret medical condition of a high-ranking elected official might be of legitimate public concern.

In one case, a woman won a suit against a movie studio for the publicity of facts regarding her private life, when the studio made a movie about her past as a prostitute.[14] However, in another case though, a magazine published a ‘Where Are They Now?’ article about a formerly well-known child prodigy. Although the man had withdrawn completely from public life and sought privacy, the court determined that his life story was still a legitimate public interest.[15] Seemingly inconsistent results from different jurisdictions underscore the complexity of this issue.

https://www.lawshelf.com/shortvideoscontentview/the-torts-of-invasion-of-privacy

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