'Sloppy redactions in Epstein documents are traumatizing survivors'

(MS NOW) "On Friday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche addressed the press to announce the release of almost 3 million pages of materials related to Jeffrey Epstein, assuring reporters that Justice Department staff had been dogged about protecting the identity of Epstein’s victims and survivors."

“ 'To protect victims, we redacted every woman depicted in any image or video,' he stated, adding that his office employed 'multiple layers of review and quality control.' "

"But despite Blanche’s public declaration that the redaction process was 'rigorous' and that victim-identifying information — not just names but other identifying details, such as home addresses, medical files, professional histories and photos — would be protected, MS NOW’s initial review found more than 40 known or suspected survivors’ identities were revealed in some manner in the files produced on Friday."

"That number is likely larger, according to a lawyer for one survivor, writing on Sunday to the two judges overseeing the criminal cases still open on Epstein and his convicted co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell. Attorney Brittany Henderson told the judges that since Friday’s release, she and her partner have 'reported thousands of redaction failures on behalf of nearly 100 individual survivors.' "

"Those failures, she continued, constitute 'what may be the single most egregious violation of victim privacy in one day in United States history.' She added that the Justice Department should be forced to take down the public website that currently houses the Epstein materials until the unredacted personal information is protected."

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