Federal judge orders documents naming Jeffrey Epstein's associates to be unsealed

"Sorry the cameras malfunctioned and 4 of the guards destroyed the documents then committed suicide. Nothing is to be done here."

Why this list was ever sealed to begin with is beyond me.

Anyone who did not successfully fight to keep their name out of the civil case could see their name become public -- including Epstein's victims, co-conspirators and innocent associates.

Well, this tells us that we probably won't see any notable people in the release then...

Until another judge says it will stay sealed.

They'll unseal them but all envelopes contain only an "I Owe You" from Trump, and under his signature he wrote in small font "I declassified them after I took them home"

Uh-oh, we bout to have a dead judge!

Hope that judge has real good security.

I hope that judge is well protected and this isn't an edited list of people.

Noam Chomsky once said that his dealings and business with Epstein were none of our business and we should fuck off. I hope we get to find out more about his and other rich people's dealings with Epstein

January 1 - This is just the emotionally charged distraction. Keep watchful for the event that needs to go under the radar. A change in laws or policy, a new war, or anything that is meant to erode people's privacy, security or freedom. The US has a history of implementing undesirable changes during holiday periods when there's little opposition. Possibly something like this;

https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-they-must-defeat-hpsci-s-horrific-surveillance-bill

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire on December 31, 2023

There goes the entire Republican Party

It will be real interesting to see who files a motion objecting to the unsealing and appeals it to a higher court.

"What sealed documents?"

How come reddit/Lemmy (but especially reddit) seems so obsessed with Epstein? No judgement, just curious

Are "associates" and "customers" considered synonyms in legalese? If not, this list may not be as juicy as people think.

what the fuck is an associate

Lol now that they had enough time to tamper with them, time to "unseal" them

It’s Deja vu all over again

A bit of common sense finally?

Unsealed BUT with copious amounts of black marker used on the list to cover up names.

What a dumb move. All the names? The judge must know that people will not be smart enough to realize being on the list doesn't mean you're guilty of any crime. And it's going to include victims? And people who might have just been included in an email?

I'm all for going after any criminals, but the problem with the outcome of this is that people are stupid and will think that inclusion on the list is the same as guilt. If we are also talking about people who fought successfully to have their names protected, it's the rich people with means who won't end up being made public.

If people were generally rational, this would be a good thing. But we're not, and it seems that all sense is thrown out the window when it comes to Epstein.

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