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Justice Department Will Correct Redaction Errors in Recently Released Epstein Files
The Justice Department will promptly correct redaction errors after nearly 100 victims' names and over 150 explicit photos were mistakenly made public, lawyers said.
- On Tuesday, Manhattan federal judge Richard M. Berman said the Department of Justice agreed to quickly fix redaction errors in the latest Jeffrey Epstein files and canceled a Wednesday hearing.
- On Friday, the Justice Department released 3,000,000 documents that lawyers say included thousands of references to nearly 100 victims, while New York Times journalists found unredacted names and over 150 photos as recently as Tuesday.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a Monday filing the DOJ worked through the weekend and taken down several thousands of documents and media, while Brad Edwards said Tuesday there was considerable progress with assurances corrections are made quickly.
- Victims' lawyers warned `The damage done is irreparable` and urged the Justice Department to mitigate harms, while Lisa Phillips said `All sorts of personal information was out there` and the DOJ did not respond to comment requests.
- As recently as Tuesday, Victims' lawyers asked the judge to shut down the website housing Epstein files after redaction errors left victims' names unredacted, prompting congressional oversight.
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Epstein files rife with uncensored nudes, victim names despite redaction
Nude photos. The names and faces of sexual abuse victims. Bank account and Social Security numbers in full view. All of these things appeared in the mountain of documents released publicly by the US Justice Department as part of its effort to comply with a law requiring it to open its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein. That law was intended to preserve important privacy protections for Epstein’s victims. Their names were supposed to have be…
Justice Department will correct redaction errors in recently released Epstein files
The Department of Justice is now agreeing to correct redaction errors in its latest batch of files connected to Jeffrey Epstein, according to lawyers representing survivors of the convicted sex offender.One of those lawyers told a judge that after discussions with the DOJ, they "trust that the deficiencies will be corrected expeditiously and in a manner that meaningfully protects victims from further harm."Lawyers previously said more than 100 w…
Errors in the greater dissemination of documents to date included nude photos showing the faces of victims' potentials, as well as names, e-mail addresses and other identification information
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Victims of Jeffrey Epstein secure identity protection after a legal agreement with the Justice Department, following the unintentional exposure of personal details in court documents. Discover how this resolution aims to safeguard nearly 100 women from further harm.
Justice Department released 3 million pages of Epstein files. What did we learn? : The NPR Politics Podcast
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