Where’s Trump? «The most important documents are missing.»
As we reported yesterday, the Epstein files release highlights Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Bill Clinton (and not much Trump). Now, the long-awaited release has drawn sharp criticism from Democrats, survivors and transparency advocates, who say the Trump administration has failed to comply with the law and is withholding key evidence.
The first tranche of the so-called Epstein files was made public on Friday evening, months after Congress set a deadline under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. While hundreds of pages and images were disclosed, large portions were heavily redacted, with names, faces, dates and locations obscured. Democratic congressman Ro Khanna, a co-author of the law, said the release «does not comply» with its requirements. He argued that «the most important documents are missing», including a draft 60-count federal indictment against Epstein and a detailed evidence memo that was never acted on before Epstein received a lenient plea deal in 2008.
Senior Democrats accused the Trump administration of breaking both the spirit and letter of the law. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said releasing «a mountain of blacked-out pages» did not amount to transparency.
