Politics I’ve Read 50,000 Epstein Emails and I Need About 50,000 Showers The Department of Justice has left in the salacious content, but redacted much of the relevant information. I’m only about 100,000 pages into the Epstein files, so these are just my preliminary observations, but clearly the Department of Justice abused its redaction pen. One of my own columns, printed in full, appears in the files, sent from XXXXXXXXX, to XXXXXXXXX, with a cc to XXXXXXXX. Or maybe it was XXXXXXXX — I always get those guys confused. Although the column is available online and wherever fine publications are sold, the DOJ redacted one name from it: “Haley Robson,” an Epstein victim-cum-procurer. Robson’s name is not a secret. She’s been publicly identified at least since 2009 as an Epstein associate. Ironically, she’s also been one of the loudest voices denouncing the many redactions in the files. She’s right. Way, way too many names have been X-ed out. I’m guessing the DOJ must have gone through at least 70,000 redactor pens. The law expressly disallows redactions “on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity.” So why has the Department of Justice blacked out the names of adult men—or women, God help us—sending emails to Epstein that say things like this: a) “P*ssy hunters!!” Yes, that’s it. That’s all the email said. b) “Subject: Hi from PB Hi J, Hope you can find a great guy for REDACTED :)) her p*ssy is getting wet” Remember the good old days, back when we were outraged about “grabbing p*ssies”? c) One email is entirely redacted except … “Has discovered the distraction of p*ssy, I assume. Well, I say good for him.” I’m almost certain this wasn’t a reference to some cat lover. d) “Love whats wrong with you you sound like a dirty old guy!! You’re surrounded by tits all day long… “ No, definitely not about cats. e) “no one can beat your p*ssy network” Thanks to all the redactions, we’re not even sure which banks these guys work for. f) “I’ll send car pics and updates as they come