Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes and a group of Democratic members of Congress are asking for an independent review of the Epstein case files to determine whether any of the records have been “tampered” with or concealed, ahead of the release of those files by next week.

In a letter Thursday to the Justice Department’s inspector general, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked the internal watchdog to undertake a formal review to check for any “chain of custody” problems with the Epstein files.

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein_files

      We have flight logs that are a Who’s Who of the rich and powerful. We have photographs of him and dozens of high profile businessmen and politicians. We have the Birthday Book. We have his Quora search history, ffs.

      I don’t know what else anyone is waiting for. At what point do we get a file drop that results in anything other than Ghislaine Maxwell getting a pardon? This feels like people coming in after the “Grab’em By The Pussy” video in 2016 insisting that there’s a second, even more secret, even more derogatory film that Hillary refused to produce, but which would definitely have won her the election.

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        I came to that same realization a while ago and it’s super depressing. Like, we have already hit a point where the truth matters so little. No one will accept evidence unless it comes from their in group. Everything else is fake. Confirmation bias is rampant and I don’t see our dismal education standards turning that around any time soon.

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    If they didn’t want to immediately publish them for some reason, but still do it eventually, couldn’t they have just published checksums of the scans to verify their authenticity later when released?

    I may be overthinking this.

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    Fucking stupid to do this shit while trump is still in power…

    Wait till their gone, then when you co trol the material, you can do an actual investigation.

    Edit:

    Pretty wild people think we should get the people who edited the Epstein files to audit the Epstein files to see if they’d been edited…

    Because, and this should be obvious, if they find any evidence, they’ll destroy it

    Wait till they’re out of power, and there’s the possibility of accountability, then look for the evidence.

    If they look now, we’ll never find anything they find.

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      First of all, this is about the only thing that has the base mad at Taco. Secondly, I don’t know if this guy is going to finish out his term. We also don’t know when (or if) they’ll be out of power - the cons have done a lot to rig elections, and quite a few of the American people are deeply stupid besides.

      It’s doubtful he will ever face any consequences for anything he’s done in his shitty miserable life, but if we wait until he’s dead or in a memory ward, it’s guaranteed he won’t even be the least bit embarrassed.

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      Same thing was said last time Trump was in power. Then 4 years of nothing.

      This is just one issue of many but this is the one that gained traction. Remember Trump and Republicans first coup attempt? Remember the motel rooms full of guns?

      Did we ever find out how rally goers from Alabama knew which windows on the Capitol Building were bomb proof reinforced?

      Maybe in another 4 years will be the perfect time. Maybe.

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      Wait till their gone, then when you co trol the material

      Like when? 2021? 2022? 2023? Maybe 2024, an election year, when the material can do the most damage?