Trump DOJ BLACKS OUT Entire Epstein Grand Jury Docs?!?! - Legal AF

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Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian discuss the troubling discovery that a 119-page New York grand jury document from the Epstein investigation was released entirely redacted—every single page completely blacked out.

The hosts explain that while grand jury records typically contain one-sided prosecutorial evidence and aren't usually bombshells, partial redactions protecting victim names and identifying information are standard, but fully redacting an entire document raises major red flags.

Brian notes there were three grand jury sessions: twice in 2019 for the Epstein case and once in March 2021 for the Maxwell case, but this complete blackout is unprecedented. The DOJ claims victim privacy necessitated the redactions, but the hosts argue you simply redact names and specific identifying information like addresses or social security numbers—not entire transcripts.

They explore possible explanations: technical compliance with the Transparency Act while withholding information, vague national security concerns, implicating third parties under active investigation, or involving politically and economically powerful people connected to Trump.

Brian, who previously thought there was "nothing there" in the Epstein files six months ago, now admits "something's going on here." The hosts settle on Occam's Razor—the simplest explanation is usually correct, and here the most obvious answer is something's being hidden.

They conclude the DOJ is buying time by mass-redacting rather than carefully reviewing documents, with Brian noting everything released so far is "the same old stuff" without earth-shattering revelations, which itself raises suspicions about what's being withheld. - 12/28/2025.