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One of the documents covered by the judge’s order is an April 2009 email exchange between Epstein and an individual whose name is redacted. In one of the emails, Epstein tells the individual, “where are you? are you ok I loved the torture video.” It’s unclear what “torture video” he is talking about.
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What Has The Plaintiff Said?
Phang, whose YouTube channel is part of the MeidasTouch Network, spoke about the ruling in an interview with MeidasTouch on YouTube, calling it a “victory.” Phang then criticized the DOJ’s handling of redactions in the documents, saying it failed to comply with the act by not producing a redaction log, which was “supposed to identify the grounds…as to why they were withholding or redacting certain bits of information.” She added: “In the absence of this redaction log, how in the actual hell is anyone…supposed to know if in good faith there has been anything done by the DOJ that has been a legal redaction or withholding?”
What Have DOJ Officials Said?
The Justice Department has not yet commented on Thursday’s ruling. In an earlier , it argued that Phang cannot sue for the release of unredacted documents because she can file a Freedom of Information Act request for the same information. In her Meidas Touch interview, Phang said: “We made it very clear that FOIA has very specific limitations that would prevent a lot of this information in the Epstein files from coming out.”
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Crucial Quote
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., one of the authors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, praised Phang on X after the judge’s ruling and wrote: “Judge Sullivan officially granted Katie Phang’s motion for a preliminary injunction after she sued the Trump admin for violating…Epstein Files Transparency Act. Thanks to her tireless work, we’re one step closer to the full release of the Epstein files and getting survivors the justice they’ve long deserved.”
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