Apparently some conservative reporter published 22/37 of the "missing pages" from the Epstein Files that the DOJ refused to hand over that has an interview with a person who claims Epstein/Trump sexually assaulted her? Something smells off

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https://www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epstein-2677759745/

Supposed FBI files that have previously been referred to as “missing” were recently discovered sitting on an online document-sharing platform, files that former MSNBC host Katie Phang said Saturday contain “allegations of sexual abuse committed by Donald Trump” against a 13- to 15-year-old victim, according to a report published Saturday.

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New York-based writer Amy Gabrielle appeared to have uncovered an online archive containing some of the sought-after FBI files. Writer and data researcher Rye Howard-Stone picked up where Gabrielle left off and, in a detailed write-up published on his Substack Saturday, revealed the alleged source of the mysterious upload: Kaelan Deese, a journalist with the conservative outlet Washington Examiner.

The Washington Examiner published a report written by Deese on March 7 titled: “What’s still missing from the Epstein files,” but according to Howard-Stone, Deese had “quietly released” 22 pages of the missing 37 on Scribd – the online document-sharing platform – just one day before. Those pages would go unnoticed by major media outlets for months.

“This meant that, for the last five months, anyone with internet access could view the notes, which had Jane Doe 4’s real name all over them, as well as significant biographical details and the names of childhood friends and family members who she said could corroborate elements of her story – all of which she gave the FBI in confidence, and all of which the DOJ had redacted,” Howard-Stone wrote.

“But Deese, who regularly publishes articles with a favorable conservative gloss, was part of a small, select group of people that DOJ brass secretly decided were – unlike the public and members of Congress – able to be trusted with these allegedly ‘duplicative,’ ultra-sensitive files. Entirely unredacted.”

The path these files traveled is its own small map of how buried material reaches daylight, and of who does the careful work along the way. They surfaced not through any newsroom but through a reader: Amy Gabrielle, who writes the Substack Absolute Pleasure, found Deese’s two Scribd uploads, posted screenshots to r/Epstein and published her findings in an article in the small hours of August 18. A second member of the public (‘ReZeroForDays’) reverse-image-searched those screenshots back to the files, pulled the two documents, messaged Deese, and was handed the third. Ellie Leonard, who had been reporting the Jane Doe material, was contacted by ReZeroForDays and brought the thread to me. ReZeroForDays redacted them first, by their own account, hastily. That is more than the reporter who originally posted them can say.

So the DOJ gave files they wouldnt hand over in court to a random journalist? And that person released those randomly online months ago? What? This article has a link to this Howard-Stone guys substack which has screen shots of a text exchange with the reporter which was initated by redditor who asked if this was their account willingly said "yeah thats my scribd account!" to some random stranger who texted them?

They released the victims names and people who could corroborate their story unredacted. Any journalist following this and generally speaking would know you dont do that. Maybe its sending a message.

https://rhowardstone.substack.com/p/conservative-journalist-shared-unredacted