Bipartisan Group of Senators Call for Probe Into DOJ's Epstein Files' Redactions
Source: MEDIAite
Mar 11th, 2026, 6:21 pm
A group of U.S. senators called for the Government Accountability Office to investigate the Trump Justice Department over its release of the Jeffrey Epstein files and the redactions within the documents, which have sparked outrage and accusations of a cover-up.
Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) signed the letter alleging that the DOJ did not fully comply with the law compelling the files’ release last December. President Donald Trump signed the law under pressure from both chambers of Congress after it passed with near-unanimous support.
“Contrary to Congress’s explicit directive to protect victims, these records included email addresses and nude photos in which the names and faces of publicly-identified and non-public victims could be identified,” read the letter, adding:
But when it came to information identifying powerful business and political figures who are alleged coconspirators or material witnesses, DOJ appears to have heavily redacted those records.
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Link to Senator Durbin PRESS RELEASE - Bipartisan Group Of Senators Call For Independent Audit Of Epstein Files Redactions Protocol
Link to LETTER (inquiry) (PDF) - https://www.merkley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/GAO-Epstein-Files-Redactions-Review-Letter.pdf
Link to Senator Whitehouse PRESS RELEASE - As DOJ Continues to Withhold Epstein Files About Accusations Against Trump, Whitehouse Demands that DOJ Follow the Law and Preserve All Related Documents
Link to LETTER (inquiry) (PDF) - https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-03-09-Letter-to-DOJ-Epstein-302s-FINAL.pdf
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