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In undercover video, staffer claims DOJ will hide Republican names in Epstein files (www.huffpost.com)

submitted 5 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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A staffer in the Justice Department said in a secretly recorded video that the department would redact any Republican names from its investigative files on the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

The administration has been funneling the Epstein files to Capitol Hill in a supposed show of transparency, but only liberals’ names will remain visible, the staffer said.

“If they’re released in any way, it’s going to be very redacted. They’ll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal Democratic people in those files,” Joseph Schnitt, acting deputy chief of the DOJ’s Office of Enforcement Operations, says in the video.

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[–] Nyadia@piefed.blahaj.zone 26 points 5 months ago (5 children)

On the one hand this sounds entirely plausible, and I more or less kinda expected them to do this already. On the other hand, the source for this story is fucking Project Veritas

[–] testfactor@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

Add to that if you actually read the guys statement, it doesn't read like someone with insider information. It's much more like, "oh, yeah, of course they're gonna do that. Have you been watching the crap this administration is doing? I'd be shocked if they didn't."

Which, like, he's not wrong, but doesn't sound like the comment of a guy who has some deep insider knowledge. Sounds like a dude who's just kinda ranting about the current state of the government and politics. Most government employees I know aren't exactly thrilled with how things are going.

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

James fucking O’Keefe!! Ok it's bullshit.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Gross. That probally means this was done just to cloud the fucking conversation.

The right have learned that bullshit storms can be used for cover.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

Those guys are so good at getting gullible partisans to report bullshit.