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Mr.WeRP

(1,098 posts) Mon Dec 22, 2025, 05:27 PM Dec 22

The DoJ did not properly redact the documents. Hopefully these are fully downloaded.

But it looks like the Government released Epstein files are not properly redacted.

Check out this post on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/s/DHOfbE8nVr

The below excerpt is copied from a redacted portion of this document:
DoJ Link

203. Defendants also attempted to conceal their criminal sex trafficking and abuse
conduct by paying large sums of money to participant-witnesses, including by paying for their
attorneys’ fees and case costs in litigation related to this conduct.
204. Epstein also threatened harm to victims and helped release damaging stories
about them to damage their credibility when they tried to go public with their stories of being
trafficked and sexually abused.
205. Epstein also instructed one or more Epstein Enterprise participant-witnesses to
destroy evidence relevant to ongoing court proceedings involving Defendants’ criminal sex
trafficking and abuse conduct.

The above three sections are completely redacted from this document on the government website. However if you select the redaction region, copy and paste it, you get the entire text for the redacted portion.

I know others have fully downloaded the data so this should be doable on the downloaded content as well.

On edit: you can also search the redacted document and it highlights the redacted regions with the matching text.

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The DoJ did not properly redact the documents. Hopefully these are fully downloaded. (Original Post) Mr.WeRP Dec 22 OP

All Bots Please Unite!!!! MayReasonRule Dec 22 #1

This sounds waaaaayyyyyy too good to be true. Arthur_Frain Dec 22 #2

Just tried it out and it works :-D meadowlander Dec 22 #4

I suspect some career DoJ folks gave out the instructions on how to redact Mr.WeRP Dec 22 #5

Ha, ha para 86 meadowlander Dec 22 #6

I wouldn't put it past them to "leak" something fake eShirl Dec 22 #3

Based on what's redacted, I don't think that is the case Mr.WeRP Dec 22 #7

Anyone have the full recently released files Iwasthere Dec 22 #8

MayReasonRule

(4,012 posts)

1. All Bots Please Unite!!!!

Reply to Mr.WeRP (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 05:31 PM

Dec 22

Get 'em y'all!!

Arthur_Frain

(2,266 posts)

2. This sounds waaaaayyyyyy too good to be true.

Reply to Mr.WeRP (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 05:36 PM

Dec 22

imma hold off any celebration if and until this reveals something damning.

Somebody needs to be in full “copy and paste” mode to find out if this is true.

meadowlander

(5,097 posts)

4. Just tried it out and it works :-D

Reply to Arthur_Frain (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 05:43 PM

Dec 22

Having used redaction features on software before, it is a pain in the backside to get right. I was half waiting for something like this to happen given the competence levels of the parties involved.

I think it's already pretty damning that none of the text above meets any possible criteria for redaction that I can see.

Mr.WeRP

(1,098 posts)

5. I suspect some career DoJ folks gave out the instructions on how to redact

Reply to meadowlander (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 05:52 PM

Dec 22

Only they weren't the real instructions if you know what I mean.

meadowlander

(5,097 posts)

6. Ha, ha para 86

Reply to meadowlander (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 05:52 PM

Dec 22

"November 2017, Indyke signed a... check made payable to the
immigration lawyer in New York who was involved in one or more forced marriages arranged
among Epstein’s victims to secure a victim’s immigration status. The check’s memo line
references the former Russian model’s last name."