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Attorney General Bondi, Rep. Jayapal spar over redacted Epstein files · THE DAILY BRIEF

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  Speaker 1: We are joined in this room by some of the
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  Speaker 1: thousands of survivors from Jeffrey Epstein's horrific sex trafficking ring.
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  Speaker 1: They have shown such incredible courage in speaking out, in
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  Speaker 1: demanding accountability to bring the predators and pedophiles to justice.
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  Speaker 1: The Epstein Files Transparency Act required your Department of Justice
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  Speaker 1: to disclose the perpetrators connected with Epstein's criminal activities and
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  Speaker 1: to redact the information of survivors to protect their identities.
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  Speaker 1: Let me show you what actually happened. First, in violation
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  Speaker 1: of the law, your department has shown a pattern of
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  Speaker 1: redacting the names of powerful predators. Here behind me is
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  Speaker 1: one example of an email from Epstein to a man
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  Speaker 1: whose name was redacted. The email reads quote, where are you?
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  Speaker 1: Are you okay? I loved the torture VIDIA. Only after
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  Speaker 1: members of Congress demanded that we see the unredacted files
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  Speaker 1: did the world learn the name of this individual, Sultan
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  Speaker 1: Ahmed bin Sulaym, the chairman and CEO of a company
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  Speaker 1: that had financial ties to President Trump's business and personal
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  Speaker 1: ties to Trump's advisor Steve Bannon. Second, the survivors were
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  Speaker 1: not similarly protected. Also in violation of the law, here
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  Speaker 1: is another email titled Epstein Victim List. We have blurred
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  Speaker 1: the names of the survivors for their protection, but your
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  Speaker 1: Department of Justice initially released this list of thirty two
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  Speaker 1: survivors' names with only one name redacted, along with numerous
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  Speaker 1: files that disclose not only the names, the emails, and
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  Speaker 1: the addresses of survivors, but also nude photographs and even
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  Speaker 1: the identities of Jane Does, who had been protected for
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  Speaker 1: decades until your department released their names. Survivors are now
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  Speaker 1: telling us that their families are finding out for the
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  Speaker 1: first time that they were trafficked by Epstein. In their
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  Speaker 1: words quote, this release does not provide closure. It feels
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  Speaker 1: like a deliberate attempt to intimidate survivors, punish those who
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  Speaker 1: came forward, and reinforced the same culture of secrecy that
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  Speaker 1: allowed Epstein's crimes to continue for decades. To the survivors
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  Speaker 1: in the room, if you are willing, please stand, and
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  Speaker 1: if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you
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  Speaker 1: have still not been able to meet with this Department
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  Speaker 1: of Justice, please know for the record that every single
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  Speaker 1: survivor has raised their hand. Attorney neral Bondi, you apologize
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  Speaker 1: to the survivors and your opening statement for what they
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  Speaker 1: went through at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein. Will you
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  Speaker 1: turn to them now and apologize for what your Department
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  Speaker 1: of Justice has put them through with the un absolutely
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  Speaker 1: unacceptable release of the Epstein files and their information.
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  Speaker 2: Congresswoman, you set before Merritt Garland sat in this chair twice, Attorney.
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  Speaker 1: General von I'm answer no, I'm going to reclaim my
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  Speaker 1: time because I asked you a generalcific question that I
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  Speaker 1: would like question to answer, which is, will you turn
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  Speaker 1: to the survivors? This is not about anybody that came
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  Speaker 1: before you. It is about you taking responsibility for you
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  Speaker 1: or Department of Justice and the harm that it has
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  Speaker 1: done to the survivors who are standing right behind you
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  Speaker 1: and are waiting for you to turn to them and
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  Speaker 1: apologize for what your Department of Justices.
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  Speaker 2: Members. Members get to ask the questions, the witness get
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  Speaker 2: to answer in the way they want to answer.
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  Speaker 1: The not accurate mister Chairman, because she doesn't like the answer. So,
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  Speaker 1: mister Chairman, I have asked Merk Garland this reclaiming getting
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  Speaker 1: the gutter for her theatrics.
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  Speaker 2: The time belongs to the time belongs to the general lady,
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  Speaker 2: The General lady has seventeen seconds.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. You're not going to answer this question, So
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  Speaker 1: let me just what a massive question. Restore her time.
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  Speaker 2: The witnesses got her with this woman. Let me have
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  Speaker 2: my general lady. The general lady from Washington controls the time.
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  Speaker 2: The General Lady has seventeen seconds. You can you can
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  Speaker 2: proceed with your final.
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  Speaker 1: Seventeen What a massive cover up this has been and
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  Speaker 1: continues to be. Donald Trump me the release of the
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  Speaker 1: Epstein files the center of his political campaign because he
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  Speaker 1: thought it would benefit him. Then you got into office
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  Speaker 1: Attorney General, claim to have a client list for regular order.
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  Speaker 1: Say that there was no list. Your deputy Todd met
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  Speaker 1: alone with Maxwell has expired to a minimum security prison.
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  Speaker 1: And now you continue. You would turn around to the
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  Speaker 1: survivors who are standing right behind you and on a
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  Speaker 1: human level chairman list and now.
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  Speaker 2: Recognizes what you have done. Time is time, yea, You
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  Speaker 2: have no time to yield back. Appreciate that, We appreciate
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  Speaker 2: the thought