Congress members go to DOJ on Monday to review unredacted versions of released Epstein files

Congress members will go to Justice Department headquarters to review unredacted versions of already released documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files. 

The department has released more than 3 million files over the last few months that were largely redacted. 

During their review of the unredacted documents, Congress members will be allowed to take notes but not bring in any electronic devices, according to NewsNation. 

Epstein was a wealthy financier who pleaded guilty in 2008 to procuring a child for prostitution and to soliciting a prostitute. He committed suicide in 2019 in a New York City correctional facility awaiting trial on federal charges for the sex trafficking of minors.

“We are confident that this review will further demonstrate the department’s good faith work to appropriately process an enormous volume of documents in a very short time,” the DOJ wrote in a memo.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., had written a letter to the DOJ saying, “We seek to ensure that your redactions comply with the act’s requirement that the materials be withheld only in narrow circumstances, such as protecting victims’ personable, identifiable information, and not on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary.”