Redactions in the Files

[Winco]

I realize that ChatGPT is unwanted by many of the trump protecters. But %$. Deal with it and provide your defense.
But, just feel free to counter ANY of the points mentioned.

What role does Bondi, Patel, trump Lawyers, etc, have in permanently altering the DOJ Epstein Files w/out some audit and accountability.

1.​

Original Epstein investigation files are federal records governed by:

• Federal Records Act
• 18 U.S.C. § 2071 — destruction or alteration of federal records (a felony)
• DOJ evidence retention rules
• FBI case file regulations

Altering originals would be:

• Illegal
• Traceable (because FBI record systems maintain audit logs)
• A major federal crime for anyone involved

So: Originals cannot be touched.
They must remain exactly as they were collected.

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2.​

This is normal.

Redactions are typically made for:

• Victim protection
• Ongoing investigations
• National security / classified material
• Names of minors
• Privacy concerns
• Irrelevant third parties

But these redactions occur only on copies, not the originals.

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3.​

When DOJ/FBI redact documents, they must:

• Justify the redaction category (e.g., “privacy,” “ongoing investigation”)
• Keep an unredacted master copy in secure storage
• Maintain a record of what was redacted and why

This is done via:

• FOIA exemption coding
• Internal classification/declassification logs
• Document handling records

Meaning: you can always trace what was removed and by whose authority.

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4.​

Congressional committees can request or subpoena:

• Full unredacted Epstein files
• Original case files
• Chain of custody
• Classification justifications

DOJ cannot legally refuse without invoking a very specific legal basis.

And even then, Congress can challenge it.

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5.​

DOJ-OIG and FBI Internal Affairs have access to:

• Unredacted originals
• Metadata
• Audit trails
• Version history

If anyone tried to alter or delete a record, it would leave:

• Digital traces
• Chain-of-custody inconsistencies
• Missing file hashes
• Storage logs that don’t match

 

[Winco]

Buckle Up.
It will probably take years because of Bondi and Patel.
But the truth WILL come out.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

The redaction are to protect the names of the victims of the Democrat paedophiles.
And to protect information involved in law suites.
Sorry, but Trump is not a suspect.

 

[Concerned American]

The redaction are to protect the names of the victims of the Democrat paedophiles.
And to protect information involved in law suites.
Sorry, but Trump is not a suspect.

Good luck on seeing anything that has been redacted in this lifetime. Look how long it took to see the unredacted Kennedy assassination documents---60 years?

 

[IM2]

Good luck on seeing anything that has been redacted in this lifetime. Look how long it took to see the unredacted Kennedy assassination documents---60 years?

If Trump is innocent, why does he stall? If I were accused of something like this, I'd want my name cleared ASAP.

 

[drudge X]

This is great stuff. Sometimes I wonder if I am living in the Twilight Zone.

Democrats demanding Trump to release the files.
Files released.
Democrats cried fake.

 

[HikerGuy83]

View attachment 1186152

Buckle Up.
It will probably take years because of Bondi and Patel.
But the truth WILL come out.

How ironic the header of this post says (slimewad, lying, take-a-bribe), Gavin Newscum for President.

 

[frigidweirdo]

I realize that ChatGPT is unwanted by many of the trump protecters. But %$. Deal with it and provide your defense.
But, just feel free to counter ANY of the points mentioned.

What role does Bondi, Patel, trump Lawyers, etc, have in permanently altering the DOJ Epstein Files w/out some audit and accountability.

1.​

Original Epstein investigation files are federal records governed by:

• Federal Records Act
• 18 U.S.C. § 2071 — destruction or alteration of federal records (a felony)
• DOJ evidence retention rules
• FBI case file regulations

Altering originals would be:

• Illegal
• Traceable (because FBI record systems maintain audit logs)
• A major federal crime for anyone involved

So: Originals cannot be touched.
They must remain exactly as they were collected.

---

2.​

This is normal.

Redactions are typically made for:

• Victim protection
• Ongoing investigations
• National security / classified material
• Names of minors
• Privacy concerns
• Irrelevant third parties

But these redactions occur only on copies, not the originals.

---

3.​

When DOJ/FBI redact documents, they must:

• Justify the redaction category (e.g., “privacy,” “ongoing investigation”)
• Keep an unredacted master copy in secure storage
• Maintain a record of what was redacted and why

This is done via:

• FOIA exemption coding
• Internal classification/declassification logs
• Document handling records

Meaning: you can always trace what was removed and by whose authority.

---

4.​

Congressional committees can request or subpoena:

• Full unredacted Epstein files
• Original case files
• Chain of custody
• Classification justifications

DOJ cannot legally refuse without invoking a very specific legal basis.

And even then, Congress can challenge it.

---

5.​

DOJ-OIG and FBI Internal Affairs have access to:

• Unredacted originals
• Metadata
• Audit trails
• Version history

If anyone tried to alter or delete a record, it would leave:

• Digital traces
• Chain-of-custody inconsistencies
• Missing file hashes
• Storage logs that don’t match

Without reading you Chat GPT guff, (No, not a Trump supporter, I just think that if people come on here, they should come with their own ideas), they charge people with crimes, and then redact anything that might have anything to do with those crimes. So what will be released will not have ANYTHING worth looking at. Trump will make sure these cases spend THREE YEARS in court.

 

[Concerned American]

Without reading you Chat GPT guff, (No, not a Trump supporter, I just think that if people come on here, they should come with their own ideas), they charge people with crimes, and then redact anything that might have anything to do with those crimes. So what will be released will not have ANYTHING worth looking at. Trump will make sure these cases spend THREE YEARS in court.

Three years? You're dreaming. The unredacted files won't be seen until everyone on them is dead. Too many muckedy mucks.

 

[Doc7505]

I realize that ChatGPT is unwanted by many of the trump protecters. But %$. Deal with it and provide your defense.
But, just feel free to counter ANY of the points mentioned.

What role does Bondi, Patel, trump Lawyers, etc, have in permanently altering the DOJ Epstein Files w/out some audit and accountability.

1.​

Original Epstein investigation files are federal records governed by:

• Federal Records Act
• 18 U.S.C. § 2071 — destruction or alteration of federal records (a felony)
• DOJ evidence retention rules
• FBI case file regulations

Altering originals would be:

• Illegal
• Traceable (because FBI record systems maintain audit logs)
• A major federal crime for anyone involved

So: Originals cannot be touched.
They must remain exactly as they were collected.

---

2.​

This is normal.

Redactions are typically made for:

• Victim protection
• Ongoing investigations
• National security / classified material
• Names of minors
• Privacy concerns
• Irrelevant third parties

But these redactions occur only on copies, not the originals.

---

3.​

When DOJ/FBI redact documents, they must:

• Justify the redaction category (e.g., “privacy,” “ongoing investigation”)
• Keep an unredacted master copy in secure storage
• Maintain a record of what was redacted and why

This is done via:

• FOIA exemption coding
• Internal classification/declassification logs
• Document handling records

Meaning: you can always trace what was removed and by whose authority.

---

4.​

Congressional committees can request or subpoena:

• Full unredacted Epstein files
• Original case files
• Chain of custody
• Classification justifications

DOJ cannot legally refuse without invoking a very specific legal basis.

And even then, Congress can challenge it.

---

5.​

DOJ-OIG and FBI Internal Affairs have access to:

• Unredacted originals
• Metadata
• Audit trails
• Version history

If anyone tried to alter or delete a record, it would leave:

• Digital traces
• Chain-of-custody inconsistencies
• Missing file hashes
• Storage logs that don’t match

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Indeed, Biden had the file for four years, what documents were pilfered and destroyed by Biden's handlers and Obama tag alongs

 

[Dorian Mode]

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Indeed, Biden had the file for four years, what documents were pilfered and destroyed by Biden's handlers and Obama tag alongs

It is so easy to debunk leftist narratives with the truth. If anyone modified the originals, it was during the Biden administration to protect democraps. You can bet your ass anyone who was a democrat and involved in any way with Epstein went to Biden to get their names erased.

 

[Dorian Mode]

This is great stuff. Sometimes I wonder if I am living in the Twilight Zone.

Democrats demanding Trump to release the files.
Files released.
Democrats cried fake.

I think there is something important going on here that no one is paying attention to because of the shiny ball effect. Today's democrap party is changing rapidly and the old guard democraps like Clinton, Obama, Schumer and Biden can be thrown under the bus if needed to get points for the new radicalized democraps today. Look at how they played Schumer during the shutdown. The party is disintegrating, and by the midterms they might be in an internal war with each other.

P.S. Speaking of Schumer, how many people know he received donations from Epstein? Was he ever with Epstein's girls? Inquiring minds want to know. Doesn't matter I guess, he's the old guard and can safely be thrown under the bus now.

 

[wamose]

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Buckle Up.
It will probably take years because of Bondi and Patel.
But the truth WILL come out.

What makes you think they're ever going to come out, TDSer? Hell, they still think Oswald killed Kennedy. Not only that, but they're probably making more money on Democrats wanting their names redacted than they are on tariffs.

 

[Dorian Mode]

What makes you think they're ever going to come out, TDSer? Hell, they still think Oswald killed Kennedy. Not only that, but they're probably making more money on Democrats wanting their names redacted than they are on tariffs.

When the truth does come out concerning a democrap, it is quickly dismissed and PR'd away. Who really thinks Hillary Clinton isn't crooked? Who really thinks Biden wasn't involved with Hunter. Come on... This is just the game democraps play. They are never guilty of anything and the republicans are guilty of everything. And they weaponized the judicial system to support this.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Without reading you Chat GPT guff, (No, not a Trump supporter, I just think that if people come on here, they should come with their own ideas), they charge people with crimes, and then redact anything that might have anything to do with those crimes. So what will be released will not have ANYTHING worth looking at. Trump will make sure these cases spend THREE YEARS in court.

Is your objection to the fact that ChatGPT was used to provide the information is that the poster used the efficiency of ChatGPT to outline the pertinent information but you think he should have done it the less efficient way?

 

[frigidweirdo]

Is your objection to the fact that ChatGPT was used to provide the information is that the poster used the efficiency of ChatGPT to outline the pertinent information but you think he should have done it the less efficient way?

Do you think we should have a forum like this, where everyone is just not making political arguments? They're just posting what someone else thinks.

That's not efficient, it's pointless.

 

[Captain Creeper]

Op is spending way too much time thinking about the Epstein files.