It certainly seems to me like there’s a ton of wiggle room in there to interpret things however you want.
First of all it requires the release of:
Internal DOJ communications, including emails, memos, meeting notes, concerning decisions to charge, not charge, investigate, or decline to investigate Epstein or his associates.
Which, holy hell, is that NEVER actually going to happen lol.
As for redactions it just requires the DOJ to submit a list of:
All categories of records released and withheld and a summary of redactions made, including legal basis.
What does that mean exactly? Idk but it sure seems like that could be as simple as
“we redacted information from these emails/memos/voicemails or whatever because it was sensitive information to the victims or pertinent to an ongoing investigation.”
That’s a summary and the legal basis fully abiding by the bill.
I’m very very far from a government bill expert so I’d love to be wrong here but by the letter of that bill, it seems insanely easy to still redact pretty much whatever you want.
It certainly seems to me like there’s a ton of wiggle room in there to interpret things however you want.
First of all it requires the release of:
Which, holy hell, is that NEVER actually going to happen lol.
As for redactions it just requires the DOJ to submit a list of:
What does that mean exactly? Idk but it sure seems like that could be as simple as “we redacted information from these emails/memos/voicemails or whatever because it was sensitive information to the victims or pertinent to an ongoing investigation.” That’s a summary and the legal basis fully abiding by the bill.
I’m very very far from a government bill expert so I’d love to be wrong here but by the letter of that bill, it seems insanely easy to still redact pretty much whatever you want.