A pair of
The two victims, who weren’t identified, asked that any files related to Epstein be reviewed to protect their privacy before being released to the public. Epstein died in prison in 2019 as he faced sex-trafficking charges.
The request, in separate letters filed in a Manhattan court Monday, comes amid a controversy sparked by the Trump administration’s decision last month not to release documents that could reveal some of Epstein’s clients. In the wake of the backlash, Attorney General
In one of the letters, an Epstein victim said they were writing “in disdain, disgust and fear” of how the Justice Department has dealt with the promise to release information in the case, saying the situation should have been handled with “more respect towards and for the victims.”
“I am not some pawn in your political warfare,” said the victim. “What you have done and continue to do is eating at me day after day as you help to perpetuate this story indefinitely. Why not be completely transparent? Show us all the files with only the necessary redactions! Be done with it and allow me/us to heal. You protect yourself and your powerful and wealthy ‘friends’ (not enemies) over the victims, why?”
The US on July 18 asked US District Judges
Natalie Baldassarre, a spokeswoman for the Justice Department declined to comment. President
Bloomberg News reported last week that the FBI redacted Trump’s name and those of other high-profile individuals from government files related to Epstein, citing three people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. The names were withheld under privacy protections because those individuals, including Trump, were private citizens when the federal investigation into Epstein began in 2006, the people said.
The material contains information beyond the grand jury testimony sought in the New York and Florida cases. As many as 1,000 FBI agents and other personnel pulled all-nighters while poring through more than 100,000 documents, according to a July letter from Senator
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Another victim asked Berman to have a third party review any documents to ensure no victims’ names or likenesses are revealed through the process, saying that it appeared the Justice Department’s priority is to protect “wealthy men.”
“To learn that our own president has utilized thousands of agents to protect his identity and these high-profile individuals is monumentally mind-blowing,” the victim wrote. “That is their focus? Wow!”
Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in helping Epstein sexually abuse underage women. She met last month with Deputy Attorney General
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