“The justice department’s document dump this afternoon does not comply with Thomas Massie and my Epstein Transparency Act,” Ro Khanna, the California Democratic congressman who co-wrote the law requiring full disclosure of all of the government’s investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein by Friday, said in a video statement posted on social media.
By way of example, Khanna noted: “They released one document from a New York grand jury of a 119 pages totally blacked out! This despite a New York judge ordering them to release that document, and our law requires them to explain redactions. There’s not a single explanation for why that entire document was redacted.”
“We have not seen the draft indictment,” Khanna added, “that implicates other rich and powerful men who were on Epstein’s rape island, who either watched the abuse of young girls or participated in the abuse of young girls.”
“It is an incomplete release, with too many redactions. Thomas Massie and I are exploring all options,” Khanna said, including the impeachment of justice department officials, finding them in contempt of Congress, “or referring for prosecution those who are obstructing justice.”
Thomas Massie, the Kentucky Republican congressman who co-wrote the legislation, shared Khanna’s video statement on social media, with the comment that the document release by Pam Bondi, the attorney general, and Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general who previously served as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, “grossly fails to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the law” that Trump signed, “just 30 days ago”.
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GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.world · 150 pts · 263d
Remember kids, every black line says the word Trump over and over and over. Spread the word.
gnutrino@programming.dev · 104 pts · 263d
Supposedly there was about 300Gb of material, compared to about 3Gb released so far, so it's fair to assume the other 99% is videos of Trump fucking kids unless/until they release the rest to show otherwise.
phoenixarise@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 263d
I have no idea how the retractors live with themselves. What the fuck.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 263d
They're probably in on it, too. This administration surely drew like-minded people.
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 262d
FYI a retractor is a surgical implement. I believe the word you were looking for is detractor.
alcibiades@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 262d
fartographer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 262d
You're such a smelly poopoo-head. You wouldn't know what a detector was if they were talking directly to you!
Aaaaand scene
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 262d
Such a didactic response
DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 263d
FYI: Little 'b' means bit. Big 'B' means byte, a factor of eight larger. Basically, there's eight times as much Pedonald.
fizzle@quokk.au · 19 pts · 263d
Why did all these people allow their photos to be taken? Like Clinton and Gates... "sure take my photo with this young woman so we can all remember what a great time we're having"
GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 263d
That was part of the deal. Mutual blackmail. It's been alluded to several times in the Maxwell testimonies.
fizzle@quokk.au · 10 pts · 263d
Oh yeah that kinda makes sense i guess.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 262d
This is supposedly where the phrase “thick as thieves” comes from. If thieves were working together, they’d share stories of some of their previous crimes. So the group would all have blackmail on each individual member. The idea was that no individual person would rat, because then everyone they’ve worked with in the past would rat on them.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -2 pts · 262d
This is where the phrase “thick as thieves” comes from. If thieves were doing a heist together, they’d share stories of some of their previous crimes, so they’d each have blackmail on the other. The idea was that no individual person would rat, because then everyone they’ve worked with in the past would rat on them.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 263d
Due to a system specifically designed by and for them and their fellow economical and political elites, they consider themselves untouchable by the consequences meant for mere mortals.
The worst part is that this megalomaniacal assumption is almost invariably proven correct 🤬
Randomgal@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 261d
Pretty sure they are vulnerable to guillotines just as much as the next guy.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 263d
Trump, active politicians, wealthy CEOs, connected public figures, and even Israeli spies and handlers.
Take your pick of Epstein associates that the US govt would opt to protect for reasons other than the public good or national security.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 262d
300Gb is only ~38GB. Still, 3GB is only ~7.5% of 300Gb. So we should assume the other ~92.5% is photos and videos of pedonald fucking children.
drhodl@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 262d
They needed 1000 FBI agents to redact out all references to Pedo Donny. 1000 agents ! You can BET that they all show Donny 2 Inches being a pedo.
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 10 pts · 263d
user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 18 pts · 263d
You might be joking, but in Slovakia there have been a few censored PDFs I've seen where they just used black highliter. Like, the text was still there.
I thought it was something rare when I found that, but someone on Reddit found same shit elsewhere too.
Here's an example: https://www.teleoff.gov.sk/images/urad/odbory-oddelenia/odbor-statneho-dohladu-elektronickych-komunikacii/rozhodnutia-statneho-dohladu-elektronickych-komunikacii/rozhodnutie-zakaze-poskytovat-siete-sluzby-z-29-4-2025.pdf
Just select the "censored" text and copy it.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 263d
Lmfao that is incredible
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 262d
In retrospect, printing it on watermarked paper was probably a bad idea.
Embargo@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 263d
::: TRUMPTRUMPTRUMPTRUMP :::
ramble81@lemmy.zip · 51 pts · 263d
Why hasn’t the actual document been leaked yet? At first I thought it was because it couldn’t be used if it was. But there’s literally a law ordering its release, so just dump it.
chaogomu@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 263d
Because the pedo protectors have the documents.
krashmo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 262d
Biden had them for 4 years
TaterTot@piefed.social · 21 pts · 262d
Yeah, like they said, the pedo protectors have the documents.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 262d
They were sealed by the courts until late 2023, and it should never have been his job to shame his political rivals because Trump should never have been president again in the first place. Everyone already knew Trump was buddy buddy with Epstein.
If Biden had released the files Maga wouldn't have believed him anyways, some of them only realized they were duped when Trump promised to release them then claimed they didn't exist.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 261d
This. The Biden vs. Trump thing is irrelevant here.
And we know pretty certainly he wasn't protecting his own ass. We are basically guaranteed that the FBI was instructed to flag any incriminating evidence against Biden.
We also know for certain at this point that Trump is throwing up every possible barrier to seeing his mention.
M137@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 262d
Biden also has rumours of being a pedo, just nothing even close to the shit Trump has.
LittleBorat3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 261d
Yeah did Biden have little miss pedo parties with 14 year olds? GTFO..
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 262d
Of course they are. Anyone who expected something different is unbelievable naive.
There is a provision in the law that they can withhold anything related to "national security", so they can basically filter at will. You can't claim something you'll never see not to falling under that provision...
JackbyDev@programming.dev · 11 pts · 262d
But they didn't say the redactions were due to national security. It'd be bullshit if they did, yeah, but they didn't. So they're still not complying.
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 262d
Every deletion is an admission.
fizzle@quokk.au · 32 pts · 263d
Firstly: the partial / redacted release was entirely predictable.
Secondly, I dont understand where we are at now.
Is this impeachment going to be like all the others and be meaningless?
If JD Bimbo lady was charged and convicted wouldn't Trump just pardon her?
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 263d
I can at least answer this one
Yes. No impeachment has ever had any teeth to it. This man broke the record for being the first to be impeached his first term. Then he broke another record by being the first to be impeached twice. Why not a third?
chaogomu@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 263d
Impeachment of Trump is not yet on the table, but impeachment of Bondi and Trump's personal lawyer currently acting as Bondi's deputy, that's on the table and could result in a removal.
While it's true that no impeachment of a president has succeeded, the process has succeeded several times.
Also remember that while Trump is somehow bulletproof, his hanger ons enjoy zero protection.
snooggums@piefed.world · 6 pts · 262d
Impeachment, maybe. Removal of any Republican would require too many Republican Senators to ever be feasible.
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 262d
They don't have protection when they stop being useful to him. They're still useful.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 261d
It is his personal perception of utility that is the issue. His emotions and whims change with the winds.
QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 263d
US Constitution, Article II, Section 2, Clause 1:
ExtraPartsLeft@piefed.zip · 7 pts · 262d
"Obviously the founding fathers meant to exclude ilegal impeachments. And since it would be from the crooked democrats and RINOs, any impeachment at this point would be an ilegal one." (Says Trump and the Supreme Court probably.)
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 263d
Nah, don't worry: it's going to be even MORE meaningless, now that the fascist criminals are in full control of every single branch of government and may well succeed in remaking campaign and election laws so that it stays that way no matter how big the majority of people disapproving of them gets.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 25 pts · 262d
Of course they're missing, did anybody thing anything else would happen? They'll release just enough salacious material to keep the voyeurs satisfied, but none of it will be actionable, at least not against MAGAs or Oligarchs. They'll keep the good stuff quarantined, or perhaps it's already been burned.
Echolynx@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 262d
They even reported how FBI agents were taken off regular assignments to comb through for any mention of Dear Leader and rack up overtime. That was months ago.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 262d
This is a rigged investigation that will go nowhere. The real investigation is into Epstein's finances. Where did his fortune come from? Who was paying him? For what? There are lots of interesting questions around his fortune, and they are all tied to financial paper trails.
Follow the money.
Echolynx@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 261d
Well we had the Panama Papers. For all the good that did.
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 262d
Yep. I bet the released materials cover a) Democrats and b) anyone else Trump dislikes.
falseWhite@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 262d
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 262d
🎶 No colours anymore, I want them to turn black 🎶
lka1988@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 262d
Is this for real?
falseWhite@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 262d
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 262d
I opened this in a a couple of text editors on the off chance, unfortunately its just a black rectangle graphic with no text to be recovered.
lka1988@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 262d
Jesus fucking christ. Our govt is run by elementary school bullies. And they're just getting away with it.
WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 262d
That’s because Americans continue to allow it.
slappyfuck@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 262d
Every society runs on the consent of the governed.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 261d
Yes. Current news is also that they have quietly removed documents that were previously there with unredacted Trump mentions.
CritFail@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 262d
When I first saw these pop up, I thought my phone was having connectivity issues and couldn't download the images fully.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 262d
Since we only know of a few "politically exposed individuals", I'm just going to have to assume that all the redactions are pertaining to them. Probably, primarily, Trump...since I doubt, if the rumors are lies or exaggerations, that Trump would go through so much trouble to protect Clinton.
In which case, why is Trump so afraid of all of these documents, to the point he has to black out nearly everything?
If he's truly innocent he shouldn't have any problem proving it, right?
If you've got nothing to hide you've got nothing to fear, right?
Right, Taco?
So c'mon. It should be easy to weasel yourself out of this.
Unless...it's not.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 262d
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 262d
I think Americans should assume every politician who takes money from AIPAC is involved and we should remove them all from office immediately throw them in prison without bail and try them for treason
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 262d
Dems have access to all the files and can release them by reading them into the Congressional record.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 262d
Referring who for prosecution by who? Are the fascist child rapist protectors going to prosecute themselves?
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 263d
Is this news? We all knew there would be fuckery going on with the DOJ release anyway. I wish I would've invested in black ink earlier this year.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 262d
since trump, republicans and politicial and financial backers are in it, its unlikely they ever plan of exposing them.
minorkeys@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 262d
How did they not already figure out a response to this completely predictable outcome?
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 261d
And what will you do about it? If history is any indication, nothing at all
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 261d
Nothing at all? These guys lead the discharge petition, they have done more about it than basically everyone else combined.
davidagain@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 261d
Release the Epstein files, Trump!
What else have you got to fear. Everyone knows your a kiddie abuser and that Putin has a photo of you sucking off Bubba, how much worse could it possibly be?
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 262d
They just didn't had enough time to photoshop Obama on the island. Seriously who knew that the country that invented "step"-familly porn was full of pedophiles?
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 262d
Not surprised and always disappointed with this kind of shit. Everything blackened out has a name of a fucking politician or oligarch. Sick bastards!
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 262d
"Ha, suckers" -Donvict Drumpf
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 262d
I mean really the goal here is looking for the story through what they missed, like piecing together a Jigsaw where you only have ⅛ of the pieces
kmartburrito@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 261d