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How Long will it take for Bondi to Redact and "Sanitize" the Epstein Files? [1]

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Date: 2025-07-23

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Given Mike Johnson hasty cessation of House proceedings — somewhere around 6 weeks, should about do the trick.

Afterall the ‘hard work’ has already been done: Finding and flagging anything incriminating to da Boss in those truck-load of files …

Durbin: FBI agents were told to ‘flag’ Epstein records that mentioned Trump

by Alexander Bolton , TheHill — 07/18/25

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he has received information that Attorney General Pam Bondi “pressured” about 1,000 FBI personnel to comb through tens of thousands of pages of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and flag any mention of President Trump .

[...] Citing “information my office received,” Durbin said Bondi “pressured the FBI to put approximately 1,000 personnel in its Information Management Division” on 24-hour shifts to review about 100,000 Epstein-related records as part of a broader effort to release documents publicly by what Durbin called “an arbitrarily short deadline.”

[...] And Durbin questioned why FBI personnel were told to flag records mentioning Trump and what happened to those records . “ Is there a log of the records mentioning President Trump? If yes, please transmit a copy of the committee and the OIG,” he wrote, referring to the Judiciary panel and the Office of Inspector General.

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Must’ve been what Johnson was mumbling about regarding “DOJ needing time” for sifting the information, to protect “other individuals” — oh yeah, and the “innocent victims” too:

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said the House will take “appropriate action” when it returns to Washington in the fall if the Trump administration does not release the files pertaining to Jeffrey Epstein.

[...] “This information should have come out a long time ago,” Johnson told reporters in the Capitol. “I’ve been an advocate of that, we all have. But that process is underway right now, and we’ve got to jealously guard that and protect it and make sure it’s happening. And if it doesn’t, then we’ll take appropriate action when everybody returns here. But we have to allow the court process to play out, that’s how it works.” He argued that the DOJ needs time to sift through the information and redact the names of innocent victims and other individuals, which could “destroy their lives.”

[...] thehill.com — 07/23/2025

Reportedly, Dems on the Rules Committee had the votes, along with several Yes-vote Republicans, to force an “up or down vote” in the House: in order to release the Epstein files now — with all required redactions to protect the victims. To which, Johnson motioned — “Not on my watch!” House cancels last day of votes before summer break as Epstein consumes Capitol Hill Speaker Mike Johnson expressed unusual frustration with fellow Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who is working with Democrats to force the release of the Epstein files. Scott Wong Kyle Stewart Syedah Asghar , NBC News -- 07/22/2025 byand

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But Republican leaders informed rank-and-file lawmakers on Tuesday that the final vote of the week would now be a day earlier, on Wednesday afternoon. The shift in schedule occurred because of a standoff on the Rules Committee, which decides how legislation comes to the floor but has been ground to a halt by the Epstein issue. [...] Democrats had promised Monday to force the committee to take more votes on whether to require the Trump administration to release all remaining files from the Epstein case. To avoid embarrassing votes on Epstein, Republicans decided to recess the committee and not attempt to pass a rule for bills this week. [...] "The president has said clearly, and he has now ordered his DOJ to do what it is we've all needed DOJ to do for years now, and that is to get everything released. So they're in the process of that . There's no purpose for Congress to push an administration to do something that they're already doing. And so this is for political games," Johnson told reporters.

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Any wagers on whether those “orders to the DOJ” include: “Remove any files that mention Trump.”

Or better yet: “Remove any files that mention Trump, put them in Banker boxes — and ship them to Mar-a-Lago. ASAP!” Five to six weeks ought to do the trick.

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Someone should be monitoring the overtime hours put in this August, by Information Management Division of the FBI, under the orders of Pam Bondi? How many canceled vacations? How many 24-hour shifts are once-again ordered? STAT!

How many mid-night air shipments get sent to a Florida mansion, for further, final “executive review” …

Inquiring minds should really want to know. It’s not like we haven’t seen this movie before.

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“They’re gonna need a bigger bathroom” …

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Updated news from WSJ, from about an hour ago, as reported by CNN:

WSJ: DOJ told Trump his name is among many in Epstein files

Uh oh.

Trump’s CYA mess is getting deep, fast.

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