Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes and a group of Democratic members of Congress are asking for an independent review of the Epstein case files to determine whether any of the records have been “tampered” with or concealed, ahead of the release of those files by next week.

In a letter Thursday to the Justice Department’s inspector general, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked the internal watchdog to undertake a formal review to check for any “chain of custody” problems with the Epstein files.

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    Honestly, I almost want them to “pull the other one” again, because these days every time they do this, it alienates even more of the MAGA core who got into the cult based on manipulation of their emotions. Epstein ISN’T going away, and just for once the fucking fact-free bubble the political elites occupy is working in the public’s favor, luring them into misstep after misstep.

    And I am really looking forward to the point where survivors and witnesses look at whatever fabrications the DoJ releases instead of the real files and say, “NO, that’s NOT what happened at all, that’s NOT what I told the FBI in 2006,” and start spilling the real tea, because they’re well past fed up with being political footballs and now the public is discernibly on their side.

    There are also those in his inner circle who absolutely want to stay in power and are undoubtedly thinking Who will rid me of this turbulent priest? as a surefire way of making Epstein go away permanently, and that’s another bonus.

    We all know what that filth really is and why he doesn’t want the files released, but every time his posse think they’re pulling a fast one on the rubes they’re just slicing off another hunk of their deluded, manipulated core, and meanwhile the list of people who were there and know the truth are simmering along with the rest of us.

    So even though I’m with the rest of the crowd who want the full files released, for me it’s a win/win no matter what he does now: release the real thing and let the chips fall, or don’t and watch the lid blow off the pot.

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    If they didn’t want to immediately publish them for some reason, but still do it eventually, couldn’t they have just published checksums of the scans to verify their authenticity later when released?

    I may be overthinking this.

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein_files

      We have flight logs that are a Who’s Who of the rich and powerful. We have photographs of him and dozens of high profile businessmen and politicians. We have the Birthday Book. We have his Quora search history, ffs.

      I don’t know what else anyone is waiting for. At what point do we get a file drop that results in anything other than Ghislaine Maxwell getting a pardon? This feels like people coming in after the “Grab’em By The Pussy” video in 2016 insisting that there’s a second, even more secret, even more derogatory film that Hillary refused to produce, but which would definitely have won her the election.

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        It counts as the Epstein files whenever the media says it does I guess. I hate this species

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    Fucking stupid to do this shit while trump is still in power…

    Wait till their gone, then when you co trol the material, you can do an actual investigation.

    Edit:

    Pretty wild people think we should get the people who edited the Epstein files to audit the Epstein files to see if they’d been edited…

    Because, and this should be obvious, if they find any evidence, they’ll destroy it

    Wait till they’re out of power, and there’s the possibility of accountability, then look for the evidence.

    If they look now, we’ll never find anything they find.

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      Same thing was said last time Trump was in power. Then 4 years of nothing.

      This is just one issue of many but this is the one that gained traction. Remember Trump and Republicans first coup attempt? Remember the motel rooms full of guns?

      Did we ever find out how rally goers from Alabama knew which windows on the Capitol Building were bomb proof reinforced?

      Maybe in another 4 years will be the perfect time. Maybe.

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      Wait till their gone, then when you co trol the material

      Like when? 2021? 2022? 2023? Maybe 2024, an election year, when the material can do the most damage?