The Epstein files are not about loyalty to any one political party.

They're evidence of a crime.

We have told our stories over and over and over.

Now it's time to see who was listening.

This issue was never one that should have divided us the way it has.

In fact, it should have united us.

The world should see the files to know who Jeffrey Epstein was

and how the system catered to him and failed us.

Without transparency, there's no accountability.

Without accountability, there is no justice. And without

justice, democracy dies. Hi again, everyone. It's now five o'clock in New York. It is because

of them, those women, the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Galane Maxwell and their abuse, and their

unrelenting calls in the face of vicious threat, some we may never know about. They are the reason

that we are having this conversation and covering this event today. In the last hour, the Department

of Justice began releasing a trove of Epstein files. How much is new,

how much is in there, how much is not in there, is not known, at least by us at this point.

We do know the DOJ said we're only going to see a batch of files ahead of the midnight

deadline they face by law. It is the law of the land right now that they release them in their entirety by midnight tonight.

They have already said they won't do that and that there will be more coming at a later date.

We should know they have been through all the files. We know that.

And they have complete control over when and what and how much

is released. There are major concerns that what is made public will be overly redacted and may

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