The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is facing fierce bipartisan backlash after its mandated release of long-sealed documents related to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein contained a glaring oversight: the unredacted name of a survivor, while high-profile references, including those relating to Trump, were scarce or removed.
The partial disclosure of Epstein files, made under the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R.4405), was intended to bring clarity to decades of secrecy surrounding the financier's crimes and associations. Instead, the initial tranche of documents has raised urgent questions over the DOJ's competence, transparency and prioritisation of victim privacy.
