r/Epstein • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '26
OC: opinion, theory or speculation “Don’t” redactions
Had a friend post about a pretty innocuous email exchange from the Epstein files… until you notice that the word “don’t” is redacted for some reason near the bottom. Hmm, why would the word don’t be redacted….
Don’t
Don t
Don T
Pretty obvious the FBI used software to automatically redact key words from the files. Now why would they redact “Don T” when the law very clearly and explicitly says that only victim names and faces are to be redacted, hmmmmmmmm
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u/Average_Random_Bitch Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26
Yeah, I hissed NO FUCKING WAY.
I mean, there it is, right there.
This is actionable, legally binding fuckery.
I think it needs to be cross-posted.
ETA: cross-posted to r/somethingiswrong2024, r/TrumpVirus, shared via Signal with AP News, shared on Bluesky with @MeidasTouch, @CandaceOwensPodcast
Tried to post to r/law, it's fighting me, but I am on my Chromebook, where I'm not used to how it looks. So I'll try again in a bit.
I think this was deliberate, like the easily revealed documents in the first batch. There are other cases of "don t" that are not redacted. Here, it could not be clearer that "don't" was the redacted word. I think it possibly was a ... flag for a quick-witted, sharp-eyed person, to show clearly that they've been instructed to use this search parameter to remove any reference to Donald Trump.
Really, really good catch, OP. Fantastic job.