## Epstein files: Congressmen say massive blackout doesn't comply with law, raise impeachment threat

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The Justice Department’s extensive redactions to the Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday don’t comply with the law that Congress passed last month mandating their disclosure, according to Rep. Ro Khanna.

But he blasted the document dump and singled out one file from a New York grand jury where all 119 pages were blacked out.

“This despite a federal judge ordering them to release that document,” Khanna said in a video posted on X.

He said Attorney General Pam Bondi has been “obfuscating for months” and called the files on Friday “an incomplete release with too many redactions.”.

I mean Massie and I aren’t going to just do something for the show of it,” Khanna told CNN.

“It can be the impeachment of people at Justice, inherent contempt, or referring for prosecution those who are obstructing justice.

We will work with the survivors to demand the full release of these files. »

### At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein

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NEW YORK (AP) — At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public.

There were also photos of Epstein with actors Chris Tucker and Kevin Spacey, and even Epstein with TV newscaster Walter Cronkite.

Farmer sought for years documents backing up her claim that Epstein and Maxwell were in possession of child sexual abuse images. »

### Hochul signs Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, with full ban by 2029

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Glick’s statement described horseshoe crabs as a keystone species and noted that the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has designated the horseshoe crab population as “poor” since 2019.

Esposito said the law “will prevent the taking of horseshoe crab for commercial and biomedical purposes, allowing horseshoe crab populations to rebound” and thanked Hochul along with Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assemblymember Glick.

The Horseshoe Crab Protection Act has been the subject of repeated debate in Albany and on Long Island, where the animals are a familiar presence during spawning season on local beaches and in Long Island Sound. »

### Brazil’s Lula warns military action in Venezuela would be ‘humanitarian catastrophe’

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FOZ DO IGUAÇU, Brazil (AFP)—Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday that US military action in Venezuela would spark a “humanitarian catastrophe,” as he opened a summit of the South American Mercosur bloc.

“An armed intervention in Venezuela would be a humanitarian catastrophe for the hemisphere and a dangerous precedent for the world,” he said.

Trump has also announced a blockade on oil tankers under sanctions that are leaving or arriving in Venezuela. »

### Epstein survivor finally learns from files what happened to 1996 child porn complaint she made to FBI - years before financier was investigated

Authored by independent.co.uk

Among the documents was Farmer’s report to the bureau, which is thought to be the first time someone reported Epstein to law enforcement.

open image in gallery Newly released Epstein documents show how Maria Farmer, a former Epstein employee, tried to warn the FBI about the financier a decade before the agency began investigating him ( ABC News ).

Scores of Epstein survivors have pushed the government to release more documents, following Friday’s heavily redacted tranche of materials. »

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