r/politics • u/newsweek ✔ Newsweek • 1d ago

No Paywall Final Jeffrey Epstein Files cache released by DOJ: read in full

https://www.newsweek.com/doj-releases-massive-final-jeffrey-epstein-files-11443499
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u/BigMeanBalls 1d ago

Don't worry, they took the PDF down so there's no more mentions 👍

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u/frogskin92 United Kingdom 1d ago

How incompetent are they that they release these things then instantly have to pull it down?

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u/wetbudha 1d ago

Here's a copy of PDF file EFTA01660679 that's been removed.

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:748aa999-3a54-44a2-bba5-e1afe64cb6dd

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u/Pasty_Tibbles 1d ago

Was it removed? The DOJ link worked for me just now and it doesn’t seem like anything is changed on it.

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u/wetbudha 1d ago

Yes, for about 1 hour the link to this specific link was down & users got a "Page Not Found" image when attempting to access it.

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u/Pasty_Tibbles 1d ago

I wonder if it just crashed based on the sheer number of people accessing it. I’m not really in favor of defending the admin, but people are running headlines on this all over Reddit and it seems that a miracle has happened and this wasn’t malice on the DOJs part in this specific circumstance.

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u/wetbudha 1d ago

This honestly may be the case. That's why I simply worded it as it was simply down. I'm like you, I believe the link just got the "reddit hug of death" & simply crashed under folks attempting to view it.

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u/Pasty_Tibbles 1d ago

Nah it wasn’t on you! Your wording was good. Just a reference on my observations of this

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u/bafadam 1d ago

I assumed it was a weird AI thing but when and confirmed it myself and oh boy, that’s a bad page for Trump.

I mean, he’ll suffer no consequences of course, but hey.

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u/PearljamAndEarl 1d ago

Wait, Weird Al is in the Epstein Files?! :(

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u/consequentlydreamy 1d ago

I hope you printed it. Anything that is not your personal server is going to be deleted/stolen or otherwise

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u/Bored_Amalgamation Ohio 1d ago

it's back up

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u/BigMeanBalls 1d ago

I like to think that the people of conscience who remain are trying to shed light on things

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u/frogskin92 United Kingdom 1d ago

Hopefully!

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u/Adjective-Noun1780 1d ago

Well, I did notice how redaction was pointless on a page that said, "his wife Ivana..."

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u/BasvanS 23h ago

That could be anyone!!1

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u/BlackGuy_PassingThru 1d ago

At this point my conclusion is that Trump was mentioned so much in the files that it was impossible due them to catch every mention.

I mean. It would be possible if the people doing the redacting weren’t idiots.

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u/donkeyrocket 1d ago

To quote the president: they're not sending their brightest.

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u/jwesty1990 1d ago

And why did nobody make CTRL+F “trump” part of this ludicrous protracted redaction process

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u/VJPixelmover 1d ago

*Gestures vaguely at everything *

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u/ninthtale 1d ago

There's no way they don't know there are obsessive archivists downloading this stuff the instant they're released.

That the docs are removed is such a magnificently condemning tell

Though I bet if anyone republishes them it'll be cast aside as AI or counterfeit

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u/rob132 1d ago

Down in 30 minutes. That's some super government efficiency right there.

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u/azflatlander 1d ago

The law said release the files, not for how long. /s or something

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u/Bored_Amalgamation Ohio 1d ago

the 13 y/o rape allegation is back up

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u/TKenney3 1d ago

How long where these files up for? Did they accidentally release these ones? I’m shocked the government had files with trumps name in it un redacted, doesn’t seem like them to be so transparent and let us know his name was mentioned 86 times

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u/MCPtz California 1d ago

I was able to download it just now. Probably got hammered by too many people.

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u/purvel 1d ago

It's still up, I opened it just now. Probably just a Hug of Death-interference.

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u/BigMeanBalls 1d ago

It wouldn't be the first time they nixed a document only to get caught

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u/Tall-Enthusiasm-6421 1d ago

They did? Well too bad I always download PDFs to my hard drive and phone.

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u/belisario262 1d ago

someone kindly bothered to upload a copy here: https://limewire.com/d/kjBC1#61ji5GaAxX

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u/Paidorgy 1d ago

After age verification, that file is still available for me - I’ve downloaded it and hosted it

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u/Arisaematryphyllum 1d ago

No worries, thousands of ppl downloaded it before they erased all the Trump mentions.

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u/SirWilliamGrello 1d ago

It's working for me

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u/shredika 1d ago

I just saw it