Justice Department Releases Epstein Files, Scribbles Out Everything Interesting
KEY POINTS
- •On December 19, 2025, DOJ released the first batch of Jeffrey Epstein files following the Epstein Files Transparency Act signed by Trump.
- •Lawmakers Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna criticized the heavy redactions and threatened impeachment if compliance isn't improved.
- •Photos prominently feature Epstein with figures like Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, and Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving prison time.
In a dazzling display of transparency resembling a blackout poetry contest, the DOJ dropped the first batch of Jeffrey Epstein files on December 19, 2025—just 30 days after Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Among glorious highlights: photos featuring Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross doing whatever famous people did with Epstein. The release stirred bipartisan frustration, with Kentucky's Rep. Thomas Massie and California's Rep. Ro Khanna threatening impeachment if redactions (like a 119-page grand jury doc that’s literally all black squares) don’t ease up. Meanwhile, Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s British media heiress pal now in a minimum-security Texas prison, stars in many photos wearing mysterious 'uniforms.' Trump’s silence post-release might suggest he’s busy retaliating against ISIS or praising Elise Stefanik, but not commenting on Epstein is a missed tweet opportunity. Meanwhile, celebrities like Kevin Spacey try to spin openness as a personal cleanse, ignoring the media’s love affair with scandal. DOJ invites curious to wade through data sets 1 to whatever, because nothing says clarity like data sets fractured more than a mid-2000s Palm Beach investigation turned 20-year saga.
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The DOJ released Epstein files which are essentially giant black boxes — transparency so opaque even night vision struggles to see inside. Meanwhile, lawmakers threaten impeachment over redactions like cover-ups are a new kind of Christmas tradition.
Epstein files release: less 'truth revealed,' more 'What if we just saturate it in ink?' Bipartisan outrage sounds like the season’s weird summer jam.
179 redacted pages later, DOJ's version of a big reveal might win best mime performance of 2025 at a congressional gala.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/20/2025 | Author: Brent D. Griffiths,Jacob Shamsian,Kaja Whitehouse,Alex Nicoll,Katherine Li,Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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