WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) called for an independent audit and report to Congress about the Department of Justice's (DOJ) practices in redacting information of the public release of the Epstein Files.
Multiple reports (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/epstein-survivors-identities-appear-unredacted-files-released-doj-rcna257057) have spotlighted (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0k65pnxjxo) the DOJ's failure to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act's clear requirement to redact only information that protects victims' privacy and national security and the law's prohi...