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| Clinton judge orders DOJ to unseal the Epstein files it has been keeping hidden |
| 2026-06-27 |
| [FOX] U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, a Clinton-appointed judge, issued the order after granting a preliminary injunction sought by independent journalist Katie Phang, who sued Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in April. She alleged that the Justice Department failed to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act that was signed last year when she requested several documents. The law requires the government to make Epstein-related investigative records public while allowing limited redactions to protect victims and other legally protected information. More than half of the six million files have been made publicly available, with the remaining files withheld because of legal privilege protections or because they are duplicates, according to the Justice Department. But the department has faced growing criticism over the scope of its redactions, with critics arguing it has concealed information that should be public under the law. In a 48-page memorandum, Sullivan ordered the Justice Department to either disclose less-redacted versions of several key Epstein records or justify the redactions. The documents covered by the order include eight emails with hidden senders or recipients; a 2007 draft federal indictment — with the names of potential co-conspirators redacted — that was never filed; and a 2019 email referencing alleged co-conspirators whose identities were obscured. Among the redacted records is an email — with the recipient's identity concealed — in which Epstein wrote that he "loved" a torture video he watched. During the litigation, Blanche suggested the recipient was wealthy Middle Eastern businessman Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem. The order also covers FBI records summarizing 2019 interviews with a woman who made allegations involving President Donald Trump. In the FBI's interview summary, the woman alleged she met Epstein when she was 14 or 15 years old and that he later introduced her to Trump, whom she accused of sexually assaulting her in explicit detail. Those claims are uncorroborated, and the president has denied the allegations. Trump was friends with the late financier in the 1990s and early 2000s but cut ties after a falling-out in the mid-2000s. Like 2006. The Justice Department is also required to issue a complete log of every redaction made in records released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Related: Epstein Files 04/23/2026 Comer says he is not in favor of pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, committee split Epstein Files 04/21/2026 Echoes of 'pedophile island': Starmer's ambassador to the US was not cleared for state secrets Epstein Files 03/25/2026 After The Epstein Files, It's Become All But Impossible To Believe He Killed Himself |
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