Pressure for full disclosure has been mounting for years from advocates who believe transparency is the only way to uncover the full extent of Epstein’s influence and associations. Recent disclosures have already revealed names like Bill Clinton, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew), the late Virginia Giuffre, and Trump.
Now, the DOJ has 30 days to release the remaining documents, though some limitations apply. Certain materials can still be withheld if they “constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy” or “depicts or contains child sexual abuse.”
Scrubbing files
“The reason for the flip is that they’re sanitizing these files,” Mark told NewsNation.
Later speaking with CNN, he said: “There’s things in there [Trump] doesn’t want people to see… Jeffrey and Donald were very good friends through the ’90s, and I don’t know exactly when it ended, 2004 or something, but they were very good friends.”
No names are safe
But there is a clause in the bill that makes that kind of “sanitizing” impossible: “No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary,” the bill states, according to ABC.
In practical terms, this means that if Trump is named in the documents, the DOJ cannot remove or hide those references solely to avoid public fallout.Continue reading…
