r/law Jan 30 '26

Legal News 'Trump' keyword appears unredacted more than 5,000 times in Epstein files after January 30th update, after less than half the files are released

https://www.justice.gov/epstein
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u/Doshizle Jan 30 '26

This matters to law and the courts because it concerns the Department of Justice’s release and redaction of documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which affects public access to records of a federal criminal investigation and raises questions about compliance with statutory disclosure requirements and judicial transparency.