"DOJ won’t meet Friday deadline to release all the Epstein files. The delay means the White House is in apparent conflict with a law President Donald Trump signed in November."
~ Gregory Svirnovskiy
The excuses they're floating range from a huge workload redacting files to concerns about protecting privacy of victims. By releasing material in dribs and drabs, they hope to extend the process through the holidays when people are distracted.
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Department of Justice (DOJ) would not be releasing the full Epstein files to Congress Friday as required under new legislation, instead sending over a partial batch."
~ Rebecca Beitsch
Note that as also with /1, my linking to a particular outlet does not signal my endorsement of that outlet or platform.
#Epstein #Trump #CoverUp
/2
thehill.com/policy/national-se…
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"CNN has confirmed that frustration is growing inside the U.S. Department of Justice as lawyers scramble to redact thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein–related records before a congressionally mandated deadline, with limited guidance, heavy workloads shifted to the National Security Division," (continued in /4)
~ Aaron Parnas
#Epstein #Trump #CoverUp
/3
aaronparnas.substack.com/p/new…
NEWS: Justice Department Races to Finish Epstein Files Redactions Ahead of Major Release
Aaron Parnas (The Parnas Perspective)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •(continued from /3)
"and fears that the rushed process will still result in extensive redactions, errors, and continued public backlash over transparency despite pressure from Congress and earlier efforts by the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
#Epstein #Trump #CoverUp
/4
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Tomorrow is the deadline for the Justice Department to release the Epstein files. No one is expecting them to meet their obligation; Attorney General Pam Bondi will almost certainly advance some sort of excuse relating to 'ongoing investigations” or the 'victims’ privacy.'”
~ Jay Kuo
#Epstein #Trump #CoverUp
/5
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Trump's Own Policies Backfired, Led To Disapproval
The Big PictureWilliam Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The establishment doesn’t want to think about Epstein because they don’t want to think about how he got away with all of it, at such a scale, and for so long.
This is one reason—perhaps the main reason—why Epstein matters. ...
So, yes, a real reckoning with Epstein would mean a real re-thinking of questions of gender, wealth, and power."
~ William Kristol
#Epstein #Trump #CoverUp #EconomicElites #gender #power #class #media
/6
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Screw It. Let’s Rename the Moon.
William Kristol (The Bulwark)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •Wajahat Ali says,
"What we see [in the Epstein story] is a big club. And we ain't in it. And this big club is a very wealthy, powerful man who believe the world and its girls are their oysters. "
Then:
"I'm saying this since the summer now, that this is the biggest cover up in modern history."
#Epstein #Trump #CoverUp #EconomicElites #gender #power #class #media
/7
thelefthook.substack.com/p/don…
Donald Trump Most Likely Raped Girls With Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
Mary L Trump (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The New York Times’s David Brooks ... wrote that the Epstein Files were 'overblown' and we should 'move on.'"
~ Rebecca Schoenkopf
Would this be the same David Brooks who uses his New York Times platform to lecture the rest of us about virtue, civility, and "traditional" values
#Epstein #Trump #CoverUp #EconomicElites #gender #power #class #media #DavidBrooks #NewYorkTimes
/9
wonkette.com/p/mamas-dont-let-…
Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Go To Mar-A-Lago! Tabs, Fri., Dec. 19, 2025
Rebecca Schoenkopf (Wonkette)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"I wouldn't say 'corporate media' I would say 'oligarch media' because that's what it is now. That's probably better. It's five people or whatever that own all this shit. And then the New York Times, which I don't even know what to make of them half the time."
~ Greg Olear
#NewYorkTimes #media #CorporateMedia #OligarchMedia #EconomicElites #Trump
/10
blueamp.co/p/the-trump-kennedy…
When the Gibberish Becomes Policy
Cliff Schecter (Blue Amp Media)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The Trump regime will be releasing something at 3pm EST today. … We will see what the release of files - certainly missing much and heavily redacted - may bring."
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Epstein #Trump #coverup #EconomicElites
/11
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •The first batch of the Epstein files Congress mandated be released (in full) today have now been released, and can be accessed at the link below. You may find you are in a waiting queue to see them, due to the high demand, but the queue seems to move quickly.
#Epstein #Trump #coverup #EconomicElites
/12
justice.gov/epstein
www.justice.govWilliam Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The Department of Justice has begun releasing the first tranche of the long-awaited Epstein files.
As expected, the volume is massive—tens of thousands of pages so far. This initial release contains transcripts, photographs, and investigative materials connected to years of inquiries into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Epstein #Trump #coverup #EconomicElites
/13
aaronparnas.substack.com/p/bre…
BREAKING: First Batch of Epstein Files Released
Aaron Parnas (The Parnas Perspective)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"These documents span multiple investigations and jurisdictions and represent only a fraction of what the government admits exists. …
There is an enormous amount of information to sift through, cross-reference, and contextualize. …
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche publicly confirmed that today’s release is only the beginning.
That admission matters—because it directly contradicts the law."
#Epstein #Trump #coverup #EconomicElites
/14
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The Epstein Files Transparency Act does not permit staggered, discretionary disclosures. It requires the release of all non-exempt Epstein files. Not some. Not most. All of them. And they are required to be released today.
By the government’s own statements, that is not happening.
Despite claims of transparency, the Trump Administration is already out of compliance with federal law."
#Epstein #Trump #coverup #EconomicElites
/15
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"[Trump] has already admitted that he and his regime will be violating the Epstein Transparency law. …
As the deadline arrived under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the Trump Justice Department confirmed it will not release all of the required records today, despite the statute’s clear mandate that all unclassified Epstein-related materials be made public within 30 days of enactment."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Epstein #Trump #coverup #EconomicElites
/16
meidasplus.com/p/trump-immedia…
Trump Immediately Violates Epstein Files Law + More Friday News Updates - 12/19/25
Ben Meiselas (Meidas+)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The refusal to comply with the Epstein transparency law is not a technical delay. It’s not a bureaucratic hiccup. It is a deliberate choice to violate the law in plain sight. All to protect the wealthy and the powerful."
#Epstein #Trump #coverup #EconomicElites
/17
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"When the Epstein files are released without enforcement, compliance becomes theater, redactions are weapons, and the truth depends entirely on who controls the scissors—and what transparency means."
~ Michael Cohen
#Epstein #Trump #coverup #EconomicElites
/18
meidasplus.com/p/the-art-of-st…
The Art of Strategic Transparency
MeidasTouch Network (Meidas+)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Under federal law, DOJ was supposed to release ALL of the Epstein files today with minimal redactions just to protect the identity of victims. Once again, AG Pam Bondi and Dep. AG Todd Blanche violated the law by only releasing some of the documents in the files, with many of those heavily redacted."
~ Ron Filipkowski
#Epstein #Trump #coverup #EconomicElites
/19
meidasplus.com/p/today-in-poli…
Today in Politics, Bulletin 274. 12/19/25
Ron Filipkowski (Meidas+)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"When the partial files were finally released, they appeared to be a lot more heavily-redacted than the statute mandated."
See the image below.
#Epstein #Trump #coverup #EconomicElites
/20
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •“BREAKING: AOC has said: Now the coverup is out in the open. This is far from over. Everyone involved will have to answer for this. Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, whole admin. Protecting a bunch of rapists and pedophiles because they have money, power, and connections.”
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #coverup
/21
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Unusual Whales 🐳 (@unusualwhales) on Threads
ThreadsAethelstan
in reply to William Lindsey • • •William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, 'The Epstein Story? Count Me Out' is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose."
~ Parker Molloy
#Epstein #Trump #CoverUp #EconomicElites #gender #power #class #media #DavidBrooks #NewYorkTimes
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