More than 20 victims of Jeffrey Epstein urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to reply to a number of questions concerning the publicity of victims’ data and inconsistent redactions within the Justice Department’s launch of tens of millions of information associated to the late convicted intercourse offender.
The letter, which got here as Bondi was set to testify before Congress on Wednesday, features a record of 14 questions concerning the division’s evaluate of the paperwork, including that for victims of Epstein, the discharge “remains incomplete in a way that is both staggering and indefensible.”
The paperwork “shed no light on whether the investigation into Epstein’s accomplices continued, or why the government failed to pursue charges against individuals it knew to be involved,” the victims wrote.
Among the questions are whether or not the Justice Department had any high quality management or evaluate procedures for redactions, whether or not it’s going to present a timeline for releasing any remaining paperwork and whether or not it’s going to launch information on any males who had been investigated.
NCS beforehand reported the Justice Department didn’t redact figuring out details about many victims whereas it redacted the small print of people that might have helped Epstein.
Last week, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche signaled that the division doesn’t count on to convey fees towards anybody else linked to Epstein saying, “It’s not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.”
In the letter to Bondi, the victims responded, writing: “Survivors are not alleging guilt by association, and to suggest they are is a profound dismissal of the serious crimes that were reported, investigated, and buried.”
“The Department’s actions to-date mirror the very dynamics Epstein relied upon: powerful actors protected by secrecy, while victims are exposed, scrutinized, and made to bear the consequences,” they write.