US removes thousands of Epstein documents after disclosing victim information

Washington.- The U.S. Department of Justice removed thousands of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case from its website this Tuesday, after it was reported that the identity of the victims had been compromised.

The Justice Department told U.S. media that it removed the affected documents due to “technical or human errors” and assured that all files requested by the victims or their lawyers were removed for subsequent editing.

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The letter, presented before a federal judge, specified that the review of the documents will continue to ensure that no more sensitive information is exposed. Lawyers for the survivors claimed that deficiencies in the editing of the files had “disrupted” the lives of nearly 100 victims. In a statement, the survivors called the disclosure “outrageous” and stressed that they should not be “named, exposed to public scrutiny, or revictimized.” The disclosure of the files had been ordered after the approval of a measure by both houses of Congress, which obliged the DOJ to make public the documents related to Epstein. The federal government continues to review new requests and removed a “substantial number” of independently identified documents to protect the privacy of victims. The previous publication included sensitive information, such as email addresses and photographs in which the names and faces of potential victims could be identified.