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In Undercover Video, Staffer Claims DOJ Will Hide Republican Names In Epstein Files [View all]

Source: Huff Post

Sep 4, 2025, 05:34 PM EDT

A staffer in the Justice Department said in a secretly recorded video that the department would redact any Republican names from its investigative files on the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein. The administration has been funneling the Epstein files to Capitol Hill in a supposed show of transparency, but only liberals’ names will remain visible, the staffer said.

“If they’re released in any way, it’s going to be very redacted. They’ll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal Democratic people in those files,” Joseph Schnitt, acting deputy chief of the DOJ’s Office of Enforcement Operations, says in the video.

Schnitt apparently thought he was speaking to someone he’d met through a dating app, but he was actually talking to an undercover operative for the right-wing entrepreneur James O’Keefe.

The video is the most recent and possibly one of the most damaging instances of conservative backlash against the Trump administration over its refusal to make the Epstein files public. Earlier this year, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had Epstein’s mythical “client list” on her desk, only to backtrack this summer and announce no new information would ever come out.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/james-okeefe-joseph-schnitt-doj-epstein-files_n_68b9f090e4b09c6f4cf68efb?origin=home-whats-happening-unit

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In Undercover Video, Staffer Claims DOJ Will Hide Republican Names In Epstein Files [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 5 OP

The origin of this story is a video made by James O'Keefe. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 5 #1

He's been forced to become a "lone wolf"! BumRushDaShow Sep 5 #6

Wow - thanks for posting. How fundamentally evil. BoRaGard Sep 5 #11

Thank you for this and obviously this is important Eliot Rosewater Sep 5 #29

This will never fly MuirHero Sep 5 #30

They're just trying to scare Democrats. Haggard Celine Sep 5 #2

I'm confused Angrybob2001 Sep 5 #3

There are signs that the GOP is through with Trump. yardwork Sep 5 #7

I agree that the remaining reasonable GOP members are at their breaking point however the problem are the crazies jgmiller Sep 5 #19

Unfortunately for us and democracy, I think they're sure of Vance. yardwork Sep 5 #24

I agree that was the plan jgmiller Sep 5 #25

The problem is BumRushDaShow Sep 5 #9

Excellent analysis. You nailed it. emulatorloo Sep 5 #14

The Q group has been fed on the idea Scrivener7 Sep 5 #12

If true, this will surprise no one. It's what the G.O.P. does. BoRaGard Sep 5 #4

Duh. I'm shocked. Irish_Dem Sep 5 #5

It simply won't be believable Chasstev365 Sep 5 #8

This is probably the role of MTG. She will loudly proclaim Trump's innocence travelingthrulife Sep 5 #18

I"m afraid that's a whole bunch of them... maybe, in fact, most of the magas. slightlv Sep 5 #31

So mysterious for something so obvious? Brainfodder Sep 5 #10

As if those of us with more than two brain cells to rub together hadn't already figured this out. mwmisses4289 Sep 5 #13

Yeah, certainly no astounding revelation in the video 70sEraVet Sep 5 #17

We suspected this all along, didn't we? I know I did FakeNoose Sep 5 #15

careful. anything from these guys or similar needs thorough vetting to avoid reporting on forgeries, fake wiggs Sep 5 #16

Shocked, shocked by this republianmushroom Sep 5 #20

Every one of us needs a anti-pedo bumper and window stickers KS Toronado Sep 5 #21

I like every single one of these... but the last one, with the outline slightlv Sep 5 #32

Agree - it hurt my heart to see that magnificent elephant GenThePerservering Sep 7 #36

Don't tell me O'Keefe is actually good for something... Martin68 Sep 5 #22

Maybe it's the "even a blind squirrel finds a nut occasionally " thing questionseverything Sep 5 #26

The GOP usually LOVES these O'Keefe hidden cameras. LetMyPeopleVote Sep 5 #28

Well, it's good for us that O'Keefe has thrown in his lot with the "expose it all" crowd. Anything that stirs up Martin68 Sep 6 #34

k and R riversedge Sep 5 #23

ADMITS Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to "keep her mouth shut." LetMyPeopleVote Sep 5 #27

Bump this - every single day PuraVidaDreamin Sep 6 #33

I really think that's the motivation behind the right-wing uproar over Epstein. ificandream Sep 6 #35