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The Justice Department said it has released \u201call\u201d files tied to dead sex criminal\u00a0Jeffrey Epstein,<\/strong>\u00a0according to a letter sent by Attorney General\u00a0Pam Bondi<\/strong>\u00a0and Deputy AG\u00a0Todd Blanche<\/strong>\u00a0to lawmakers on Saturday night.<\/p>\n Bondi and Blanche\u2019s letter said the DOJ has fulfilled its obligation to release files as part of the Epstein Transparency Act and outlined why it redacted certain portions.<\/p>\n \u201cIn\u00a0accordance\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0requirements\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Act,\u00a0and\u00a0as\u00a0described\u00a0in\u00a0various\u00a0Department\u00a0submissions\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0courts\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Southern\u00a0District\u00a0of\u00a0New\u00a0York\u00a0assigned\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Epstein\u00a0and\u00a0[Ghislaine]\u00a0Maxwell\u00a0<\/strong>prosecutions and related orders, the Department released all \u2018records, documents, communications and investigative materials in the possession of the Department\u2019 that \u2018relate to\u2019 [Epstein],\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n It also included a lengthy list of government officials and \u201cpolitically exposed persons\u201d who were named in the files.<\/p>\n That list included President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/strong>, ex-President\u00a0Joe Biden<\/strong>,\u00a0Tucker Carlson<\/strong>,\u00a0Bruce Springsteen<\/strong>, Meta CEO\u00a0Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong>, Amazon founder\u00a0Jeff Bezos<\/strong>, California Sen.\u00a0Adam Schiff<\/strong>\u00a0(D),\u00a0Robert De Niro<\/strong>,\u00a0Alec Baldwin<\/strong>,\u00a0Barbra Streisand<\/strong>, ex-Vice President\u00a0Kamala Harris<\/strong>, and former President\u00a0Barack Obama<\/strong>, among many others.<\/p>\n \u201cNames appear in the files released under the Act in a wide variety of contexts,\u201d the letter noted. \u201cFor example, some individuals had extensive direct email contact with Epstein or Maxwell, while other individuals are mentioned only in a portion of a document (including press reporting) that on its face is unrelated to the Epstein or Maxwell matters.\u201d<\/p>\n The letter said \u201cNo\u00a0records\u00a0were\u00a0withheld\u00a0or\u00a0redacted\u00a0\u2018on\u00a0the\u00a0basis\u00a0of\u00a0embarrassment,\u00a0reputational\u00a0harm,\u00a0or\u00a0political\u00a0sensitivity,\u00a0including\u00a0to\u00a0any\u00a0government\u00a0official,\u00a0public\u00a0figure,\u00a0or\u00a0foreign\u00a0dignitary.’\u201d<\/p>\n Politico\u00a0<\/em>senior legal affairs reporter\u00a0Josh Gerstein<\/strong>\u00a0shared the letter on X; you can read the full six-page document by\u00a0clicking here.<\/p>\n JUST IN: DOJ sends Hill a letter purporting to fulfill requirement in Epstein Files Transparency Act for an explanation of all redactions from released files. The six-page letter is a lot less detailed than 1 would get in run-of-the-mill\u00a0#FOIA\u00a0case. Doc:\u00a0https:\/\/t.co\/5PT7HWgJ0N<\/p>\n \u2014 Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein)\u00a0February 15, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n It was addressed to Senate Judiciary Chair\u00a0Chuck Grassley<\/strong>\u00a0(R-IA), Sen.\u00a0Dick Durbin<\/strong>\u00a0(D-IL), and House Judiciary Chair\u00a0Jim Jordan<\/strong>\u00a0(R-OH) and Rep.\u00a0Jamie Raskin<\/strong> (D-MD).<\/p>\n The Justice Department, according to the letter, worked \u201cin consultation with victim counsel and victims directly\u201d on what should be redacted in the files. That included \u201cpersonally indentifiable information of victim or victims\u2019 personal and medical files,\u201d which the letter said \u201cwould constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n Saturday\u2019s letter comes just days after Bondi was\u00a0lambasted\u00a0by a number of Democratic lawmakers \u2014\u00a0and\u00a0Rep.\u00a0Thomas Massie<\/strong>\u00a0(R-KY) \u2014 over her handling of Epstein-related files.<\/p>\n Raskin started the hearing off by accusing Bondi of \u201cignoring\u201d victims and\u00a0leading a \u201cmassive Epstein cover-up\u201d\u00a0that he said is the biggest failure in Justice Department history.<\/p>\n \u201cYou replace real prosecutors with counterfeit stooges who robotically do the president\u2019s bidding,\u201d Raskin said. \u201cNothing in American history comes close to this complete corruption of the justice function and contamination of federal law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n Bondi got her own shots in, branding Raskin\u00a0a \u201cwashed-up, loser lawyer\u201d who was a political failure.<\/p>\n The Saturday letter also comes after the Justice Department released 3.5 million files on Epstein at the end of January. Trump told reporters those files \u201cabsolve\u201d him of any wrongdoing, and they included an FBI document showing\u00a0Trump thanked Florida cops\u00a0and told them to \u201cfocus\u201d on \u201cevil\u201d\u00a0Maxwell\u00a0back in 2006, among many other files.<\/p>\n Bondi and Blanche did not mention the letter on their social media accounts on Saturday, and there is no mention of more files \u2014 or the letter \u2014 on the Justice Department\u2019s website.<\/p>\n Other famous names mentioned in the letter include: Massie,\u00a0George Clooney<\/strong>, Florida Gov.\u00a0Ron DeSantis<\/strong>\u00a0(R),\u00a0Jared Kushner<\/strong>, Rep.\u00a0Hakeem Jeffries<\/strong>\u00a0(D-NY),\u00a0Elon Musk<\/strong>, ex-Vice President\u00a0Mike Pence<\/strong>, Illinois Gov.\u00a0JB Pritzker<\/strong>\u00a0(D), California Rep.\u00a0Eric Swalwell<\/strong>\u00a0(D), Vice President\u00a0JD Vance<\/strong>, Secretary of State\u00a0Marco Rubio<\/strong>, former President\u00a0Bill Clinton,\u00a0<\/strong>and former Attorney General\u00a0Eric Holder<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The DOJ has a dedicated \u201cEpstein Library\u201d hub where it has been releasing all Epstein-related files, which you can scan for yourself by\u00a0clicking here.<\/p>\n The post\u00a0BREAKING: Pam Bondi Says DOJ Released \u2018All\u2019 Epstein Files \u2014 Names Trump, Biden, Zuckerberg, Tucker Carlson Among \u2018Politically Exposed Persons\u2019\u00a0first appeared on\u00a0Mediaite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Photo Credit: Justice Department) The Justice Department said it has released \u201call\u201d files tied to dead sex criminal\u00a0Jeffrey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","category-us"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2687,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2685\/revisions\/2687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}