DOJ Now 'Pushes' to Release Epstein Files, After Months of 'Roadblocks'
Axios reports the DOJ is reviving its push to release grand jury records related to Jeffrey Epstein, months after judges 'stymied' their efforts. (Right, because a simple subpoena never worked before.) This sudden urgency comes thanks to the 'Epstein Files Transparency Act,' a bill Donald Trump signed into law. One might genuinely wonder why it took new legislation from a former president for the
DOJ—the Department of Justice —to pursue transparency on an infamous sex trafficker. It appears that accountability only moves when politically expedient, or when legally compelled, not as a matter of consistent ethical principle. The 'loopholes,' of course, are built-in for plausible deniability. Assistant U.S. Attorney Manolo Reboso now argues the Act 'does not exempt all grand jury
transcripts,' meaning '[p]ublic production... is therefore required.' It's a classic government move: drag your feet for a decade, then declare victory when forced to do the right thing, all while promising 'appropriate redactions.' How many powerful names are we to assume will simply vanish with a well-placed black bar? The initial lack of political will, the 'roadblocks,' and the sudden 'push'
smells less like justice and more like crowd control.