US lawmakers say files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were improperly redacted ahead of their release by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Members of Congress on Monday were allowed to begin a review of the un-redacted versions of the approximately three million pages of files released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA) since December.
"The core issue is that they're not complying with... my law, because these were scrubbed back in March by Donald Trump's FBI," Democratic Representative Ro Khanna told MS NOW.
At least one document has been un-redacted since the lawmakers' complaint, with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche saying on X: " The DOJ is committed to transparency."
After viewing the un-redacted documents, Massie and Khanna, who co-sponsored the law which compelled the release of the Epstein files last year, told reporters they had a list of about 20 people in which every name was redacted except for Epstein's and his convicted sex trafficker associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
