The fallout from the January 30 Mother of All Friday news dumps of 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files has reached a fever pitch. As I previously wrote, no one has read them all, but even the Department of Justice’s clunky search feature has led to more shocking revelations about not only Jeffrey Epstein’s monstrous behavior, but the spectrum of horrors is widening, the obvious deceptions from the Department of “Justice” are becoming crystalline.
The DOJ is still a massive tranche (between 30-50%) of the total identified trove. These questions are designed to stop the usual Trump Cabinet bluster and corner Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy AG Todd Blanche, and FBI Director Kash Patel on their specific roles in the cover-up and redaction process.
As always, I welcome smart people and smart lawyers to add to this list.
To Attorney General Pam Bondi: You testified in October 2025 that your department identified “roughly 6 million” pages responsive to the Epstein Files Transparency Act. On January 30, you declared the mission “complete” after releasing 3.5 million. Where is the 42% gap, the remaining 2.5 million pages, and which specific official signed the order to classify them as “non-responsive” despite the Congressional mandate?
To FBI Director Kash Patel: In late 2025, you claimed the FBI possessed “tens of thousands of videos” from the Zorro Ranch and Palm Beach properties. However, only 2,000 were released on Friday, most with “extensive redactions” of the men involved. Can you explain the disappearance of roughly 8,000 to 15,000 video files that your office previously acknowledged?
To Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche: You stated on Meet the Press that the DOJ is withholding files that “depict child sexual abuse material” to protect victims. Why then have survivors like Annie Farmer and Virginia Giuffre’s family stated that the DOJ is actually continuing to withhold FBI 302 victim interview statements, text documents, and other evidence that name their abusers, under the guise of “victim privacy”?