Epstein files updates: DoJ releases more than 3m new files as Todd Blanche says it ‘did not protect’ Trump

US deputy attorney general tells reporters that White House had ‘nothing to do’ with review of files and ‘did not tell department what to redact’

• US justice department releases more than 3 million new pages of Epstein files

Here’s a quick rundown of what Blanche said is not in the release:

files that contain personally identifiable information of victims or victims’ personal and medical files, and any similar files that, if disclosed, would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy

any depiction of child sexual abuse material or child abuse images

anything that would jeopardize an active federal investigation

anything that depicts or contains images of death, physical abuse or injury

files covered by various privileges, including deliberative process privilege, work product privilege, and attorney client privilege

People can criticise all they want, my point was to make plain that when it comes to what we’ve been doing the past two months and why, we weren’t able to complete the review of over six million pages.

You’re talking about two Eiffel Towers of pages in 30 days in a way that made sure we complied with the act.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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