Analysis raises questions about pages missing from the Epstein files
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[0:00] There's a numerical coding system in the
[0:02] Epstein files that may offer clues about
[0:04] some of the millions of pages of
[0:06] documents that the DOJ didn't release.
[0:08] Elected officials, Epstein survivors,
[0:10] and others are asking for more
[0:12] information, and some say many more
[0:14] documents should be released under the
[0:15] law. The codes don't reveal what's
[0:18] missing, but they do show where gaps
[0:20] exist, raising serious questions about
[0:22] the government's explanation for why
[0:24] those documents were withheld. Here's
[0:26] what we know. The US Department of
[0:28] Justice says it's collected six million
[0:30] pages of material and ultimately
[0:32] released 3.5 million of those pages
[0:34] after reviewing for duplication,
[0:36] attorney client privilege, and relevance
[0:38] to Jeffrey Epstein, resulting from
[0:40] Congress's passage of the Epstein Files
[0:43] Transparency Act. Here's Attorney
[0:45] General Todd Blanch speaking at his
[0:47] confirmation hearing in July.
[0:49] >> We intentionally overcolcted potentially
[0:52] responsive documents. So for example,
[0:55] there was a case at going on in Florida
[0:59] at the same time as the Jeffrey Epstein
[1:01] case involving another defendant named
[1:04] Epstein having nothing to do with
[1:06] Jeffrey Epstein. When we collected
[1:08] materials, we collected everything
[1:10] involving Epstein, including the Epstein
[1:12] that had nothing to do with Jeffrey
[1:13] Epstein.
[1:14] >> Critics have questioned that claim and
[1:16] others about the 2.5 million page
[1:18] discrepancy. This epic fai