Judge Rejects Epstein Files Delay
A judge refused to pause his order that DOJ review foreign-language Epstein files; DOJ says it complied.
The argument
Victim privacy or government stonewalling?
A judge refused to pause his order that DOJ review foreign-language Epstein files; DOJ says it complied.
Victim privacy or government stonewalling?
PolitiFact rated Mostly False a WinSenate super PAC ad claiming Rep. Ashley Hinson voted against releasing the Epstein files; Hinson opposed procedural efforts in 2025 but voted for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which passed 427-1.
Contempt of court is the one Epstein document Judge Sullivan can produce without a translator.
An appeal is where the Justice Department takes an order it says it has already obeyed.
A discharge petition is 218 House members agreeing to force a vote, provided it waits until the election can no longer hear it.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act passed 427-1, which is how Congress votes when it is sure somebody else will do the hiding.
Transparency is a promise the Justice Department keeps in every language except the ones the Epstein files are written in.
A redaction is the Justice Department's way of protecting Epstein's victims from the names of the men who hurt them.
Emmet Sullivan is a judge who heard the Justice Department say it could not find a translator and offered to translate 'contempt' for it.