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Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Politics@beehaw.org · 5 days ago

FBI paid nearly $1M in overtime to redact Epstein files, documents show

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FBI paid nearly $1M in overtime to redact Epstein files, documents show

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Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Politics@beehaw.org · 5 days ago
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Bloomberg reporter Jason Leopold sued the FBI and DOJ for the files as part of a Freedom of Information Act request.
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    This Trump administration has been the worst financial decision this country has ever made.

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    Correction - the tax payer paid nearly $1M to protect pedophiles.

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    the agency had spent at least $851,344 (…) to process and redact the Epstein files as part of a project called Epstein Transparency Project 2025.

    Few things have ever deserved the label “Orwellian” more

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    That’s it?

    I was sure his buddies would get a few months of overtime, not just a week or two.

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      It all went to a few of his closest allies. /s

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    to process and redact the Epstein files as part of a project called Epstein Transparency Project 2025.

    They just can’t help themselves, can they.

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    FBI robbedCX [taxpayers] nearly $1M to redact Epstein files, documents show

    FIFY snopes

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