Epstein Files

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Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, finally, on Epstein, the only real conclusion we can make about the latest release of the Epstein files is this: The DOJ cares more about protecting Donald Trump than it cares about protecting Epstein's victims.

These new releases expose the identity of nearly 100 victims in over 1,000 instances. This is not mere sloppiness. This is wanton negligence that puts the safety of these victims at risk. It is one thing for DOJ to miss a couple of redactions here or there--and that is still bad-- but to fail thousands of times to protect people's identities begs the question of whether this was intentional.

And, look, the DOJ's failure to protect the identities of the victims is bad enough, but what makes it even more heinous is how far the DOJ went to protect Donald Trump during these releases. The DOJ took down pages and pages of documents that were full of vulgar accusations against the President. And when they got caught, they put the documents back up without redacting the information of the victims.

If DOJ cared half as much about protecting Epstein's victims as they cared about shielding Donald Trump, then maybe the public would trust them more. But right now, there is zero trust that the DOJ is being on the level.

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