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Trump DOJ CRUMBLES as They Can't Get their FACTS STRAIGHT - Legal AF
Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian dismantle the DOJ's claims about needing extensive time to review 5.2 million pages of Epstein files. Drawing on their litigation experience, they explain why this timeline is suspicious. Brian emphasizes the distinction between pages and documents—pages are often used to inflate scope. They explain how email chains create duplicate pages that look substantial but represent limited unique content.
The suspicious timeline: documents released December 19th, one million additional documents announced December 26th (during holidays to avoid news coverage), then 5.2 million pages suddenly discovered. Brian calculates with 400 DOJ lawyers reviewing 13,000 pages each, this isn't a long-term project—especially given limited grounds for withholding. The hosts detail what can legally be redacted: victim identifying information, child sexual abuse materials, information protecting active investigations, graphic injury depictions, and national security issues.
Notably, the law explicitly prohibits withholding documents due to embarrassment or political sensitivity to officials like Trump. Shant explains modern document review technology—deduplication software, automatic email threading, attachment linking—makes this process far faster than manual review. Both emphasize this is standard work for lawyers handling document-intensive litigation, and they could release documents on a rolling basis. The hosts conclude this is a "thinly veiled excuse" to delay production. - 01/10/2026.