The FBI’s Reasons for Redacting the Epstein Files

Hello FOIA Files readers! Happy Friday the 13th. I’m juggling a few stories so I’m going to keep this week’s newsletter short. Last week, I highlighted a set of documents from the Department of Justice’s release of 3 million pages of Jeffrey Epstein files that shed light on how FBI personnel reviewed and redacted them. There’s a couple of noteworthy documents I forgot to point out. If you’re not already getting FOIA Files in your inbox, sign up here .

On Monday, lawmakers were invited to the DOJ to view the unredacted copies of the Epstein files. Republican Representative Thomas Massie and Democratic Representative Ro Khanna, the co-sponsors of the bill that forced the DOJ to release the documents, took to X to blast the agency for blacking out the names of Epstein’s alleged co-conspirators.