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Monday marks one month since the deadline for the Justice Department to release all of its files related to Jeffrey Epstein, but only a fraction of the records have been made public. The delays have frustrated Epstein’s victims and brought warnings of repercussions from the co-authors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif. Massie claimed in a statement to NBC News on Friday that “Attorney General Bondi is making illegal redactions and withholding key documents that would implicate associates of Epstein.” In a separate statement Friday, Khanna said “DOJ’s refusal to follow the law” is “an obstruction of justice.” “They also need to release the FBI witness interviews which name other men, so the public can know who was involved. That is why Massie and I are bringing inherent contempt against Bondi and requested a special master to oversee this process,” he said. “The survivors and the public demand transparency and justice,” Khanna said. The Justice Department did not respond to requests for comment on the releases and the lawmakers’ claims. It said in a court filing last week that it had “made substantial progress and remains focused on releasing materials under the Act promptly while protecting victim privacy.” “Compliance with the Act is a substantial undertaking, principally because, for a substantial number of documents, careful, manual review is necessary to ensure that victim-identifying information is redacted before materials are released,” the filing said. Jeffrey Epstein Jan 13 House GOP seeks to hold Bill Clinton in contempt for skipping Epstein deposition Jeffrey Epstein Jan 7 House committee votes to issue more subpoenas related to Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Epstein Jan 6 More than 2 million Epstein files still to be released, DOJ says in court filing Victims have complained that the Justice Department is protecting the wrong people. In a letter to the Justice Department’s inspector general last week, a group of Epstein survivors and relatives of victims complained that the redactions to date had been “selective.” “These failures have caused renewed harm to survivors and undermined trust in the institutions responsible for safeguarding sensitive information,” the group said in its letter. “In multiple instances, names of individuals alleged to have participated in or facilitated abuse appear to have been redacted, while identifying details of survivors were left visible. In some cases, survivors’ names, contextual identifiers, or other information sufficient to identify them publicly were not adequately protected,” they added. They also complained, as have Khanna and Massie, that the Justice Department has not complied with another part of the law, which requires it to explain its redactions. “Without it, there is no authoritative accounting of what records exist, what has been withheld, or why, making effective oversight and judicial review far more difficult,” an attorney for the congressmen argued in a filing. The Justice Department has not commented on the request for the inspector general to step in. On Friday, lawyers for the Justice Department challenged Massie and Khanna’s request for a special master to oversee the release of the materials in a court filing, arguing the pair do not have legal standing to make the request. President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law on Nov. 19. The law gave the attorney general 30 days to “make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession of the Department of Justice” involving Epstein, “including all investigations, prosecutions, or custodial matters.” On Dec. 19, the day the files were due to be made public, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche…

A car appeared to crash into a home in Winthrop, Massachusetts on Monday morning. An NBC10 Boston crew captured photos showing a Honda CRV that hit at least the porch of the house on Upland Road. The town’s police and fire departments were on scene. It’s unclear what led up to the crash, although the home is situated on a hill and the weather conditions were snowy. Additional information, including if there were any injuries, has not yet been made available.

A pedestrian was killed early Monday morning in Lynn, Massachusetts, according to state police. Massachusetts State Police said that troopers responded shortly after 6 a.m. to the intersection of the Lynnway and Commercial Street for a crash involving a tractor trailer and a pedestrian. The pedestrian was killed, troopers said, although they have not been identified yet. An investigation is ongoing. Additional information isn’t yet available.

Sur la pelouse de Charleroi, le Standard a perdu le choc wallon, mais a peut-être aussi perdu Casper Nielsen. On suspecte une fracture du coude pour le milieu de terrain des Rouches, parti vers l'hôpital avant même le coup de sifflet final.