{"id":1416,"date":"2026-02-09T17:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2026-02-09T17:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:03:43","slug":"ag-pam-bondi-admits-mistakes-were-made-in-epstein-files-handling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1416","title":{"rendered":"AG Pam Bondi admits mistakes were made in Epstein files handling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi admitted mistakes were made in the handling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/09\/us-news\/disturbing-videos-in-epstein-files-release-show-scores-of-young-girls-performing-catwalk-auditions\/\">Jeffrey Epstein files<\/a>, particularly on the redactions of victims\u2019 names.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 7,000 documents of the 3.5 million released have been flagged for further review based on concerns from victims, Bondi <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612\/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612.851.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">revealed in a letter to federal judges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"38435855\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.42618384;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38435855\" width=\"841\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/2026-washington-dc-justice-department-120547413.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/2026-washington-dc-justice-department-120547413.jpg?resize=1200,842&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/2026-washington-dc-justice-department-120547413.jpg?resize=83,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 83w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/2026-washington-dc-justice-department-120547413.jpg?resize=222,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 222w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/2026-washington-dc-justice-department-120547413.jpg?resize=50,35&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/2026-washington-dc-justice-department-120547413.jpg?resize=150,105&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\"\/><figcaption>Attorney General Pam Bondi admitted mistakes were made in the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Because of the errors the Justice Department \u201chas temporarily removed thousands of documents from the DOJ Epstein Library for further review\u2014 including approximately 9,500 documents subject to the Protective Orders in the Maxwell case,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department has been under scrutiny for its handling of the release. Observers noted some <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/04\/us-news\/doj-says-its-taken-down-several-thousand-documents-of-epstein-files-that-accidentally-identified-victims\/\">files disappeared <\/a>after they posted publicly online last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The tranche of documents\u00a0revealed the names of women who had not previously been named publicly, leading to criticism from victims\u2019 rights groups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bondi blamed several factors for the errors, including human errors, technical errors, and DOJ staff being hampered by their ability to search the text of certain documents that were part of the cache.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/09\/us-news\/ag-pam-bondi-admits-mistakes-were-made-in-epstein-files-handling\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi admitted mistakes were made in the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, particularly on the redactions of victims\u2019 names. 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