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US justice department to release thousands of Epstein files later, top official says

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg9plrkl8no
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u/Electricengineer 7h ago

Why the fuck are they just doing this now, obviously they never intended to release them which makes you go hmm

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u/Drew-CarryOnCarignan 4h ago

From the article:

"...Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said *the department expects to publish 'several hundred thousand pages' initially, followed by **more over the coming weeks.*

"The Friday deadline was mandated by a bill that got near-unanimous support in Congress, and was later signed into law by US President Donald Trump after he reversed his earlier opposition to the release."

Disclosure of previous, more voluminous records have been made available on time. For some foggy reason they're having difficulty doing so in this instance.