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TheBadPlaceyahoo news | Trump’s DOJ Shredded ‘Huge’ Pile of Epstein Docs After Death by undefined
Less than a week after disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in a New York jail, a Justice Department “After‑Actions” team from the Bureau of Prisons entered the Metropolitan Correctional Center, collected and shredded “huge amounts of paperwork.” According to a redacted FBI report, bags of shredded documents were loaded into a dumpster at the rear gate, with at least one inmate allegedly assisting in the disposal. The report notes that officials from the Assistant Inspector General’s office, the FBI and the BOP were present as the team shredded the files and that the dumpster was scheduled for pickup the following Monday, prompting concerns that potentially crucial evidence was being destroyed during an ongoing investigation.
Epstein’s death, officially ruled a suicide, has spawned numerous conspiracy theories. Newly released surveillance footage shows two prison guards walking near Epstein’s cell the night of his death, apparently chatting on phones instead of conducting mandatory 3 a.m. rounds, and later falsifying logs to claim they had checked on him. Then‑Attorney General William Barr said he was “appalled” by the circumstances, while the DOJ quickly instructed the New York City Police Department to stand down its investigation and asked New Mexico authorities to suspend a probe into Epstein’s Zorro Ranch property, which is alleged to be a burial site for two foreign girls.
Public demand for the Epstein files grew after the FBI and DOJ announced that Epstein did not possess a “client list” and that his death was a suicide. President Trump, who maintained a long‑standing friendship with Epstein, dismissed the documents as a “Democrat hoax” and urged his supporters to “move on.” The DOJ eventually released about half of the files—roughly 3.5 million documents—many heavily redacted but containing thousands of references to Trump and other high‑profile figures, a release that has continued to fuel intense political scrutiny and debate.
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