I will make one correction. They flagged his name, not redacted. But one would have ask why are they doing this anyway?
That's according to a
recent Bloomberg article, which reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly allocated nearly $1 million in overtime pay to agents in an operation known as the "Epstein Transparency Project," with some reportedly maligning the effort as the "Special Redaction Project." The initiative involved an estimated 1,000 FBI agents working out of a facility in Winchester, Virginia
Bloomberg reported that between March 17 and March 22 of this year, the bureau spent $851,344 alone. Agents also clocked 4,737 hours of overtime pay between January and July of this year, poring through the DOJ's remaining evidence pertaining to the deceased sex trafficker.
The New York Times reported in July that the DOJ's remaining Epstein documents
number roughly 100,000 pages, and that FBI agents combed through them on four separate occasions earlier this year. Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly instructed the FBI to
flag any mentions of Trump in the files.
#1: With thousands of pages, no doubt it would be a huge effort to properly redact all this, turning 'Jane Doe' into Victim #17 consistently across all documents. A million bucks doesn't bother me.
#2: This work was already completed -- as early as 8 months ago, and several re-checks since then -- back when it seemed Trump was going to make good on his campaign promise to release the files.
#3: Thus, there's no need for further delay.
#4: Obviously, we have yet to evaluate the completeness of the release and the extent of the redaction.
