At Least 550 Pages in New Epstein Records Were Fully Blacked Out, CBS News Finds
The Justice Department’s first release under a new transparency law drew criticism from Democrats as DOJ officials said the remaining material would come out “on a rolling basis.”
A new law ordered DOJ to publish unclassified Epstein records by Dec. 19. The first trove arrived heavily redacted, including at least 550 pages that CBS News said were entirely blacked out.
The Justice Department released a new tranche of records tied to Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, but hundreds of pages in the material were rendered unreadable by full-page blackouts, according to a review by CBS News.
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CBS said it found at least 550 pages that were entirely redacted in the release, which arrived on Dec. 19, the deadline set by the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Even as the law set a 30-day window for disclosure, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department would keep producing records on a “rolling basis,” CBS reported.
