Democratic lawmakers, who had criticized the Justice Department’s release of the material, accused the Trump administration of violating the law mandating the release of the files.

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[–] 114 points 7 months ago* (9 children)

A million documents? First of all, how were they just now "found"? Second, how in the fuck are there a million documents about any 1 person? That is an insane amount of data on a single person's doings.

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  • [–] 49 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Every email, text message, photograph of him or at his residences, legal document, flight log, and tip to law enforcement about his activities is a "document".

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    a million documents is on average about one document every 35 minutes for his entire life. that seems like a lot, even for a broad definition of "document"

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    A document for an email he sent. A document with the metadata from that email. A document that is just the image attached to the email. A document summarizing all the above. A document which lists the above being filed into evidence. A document with an agent attesting that he filed them into evidence.

    And so on and so forth.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    All of those documents don't have to have originated from Epstein. There are documents relating to the various investigations of Epstein, court proceedings, documents produced by Epstein's businesses, by people who were associated with him like Ghislaine Maxwell and Brunel, etc, etc.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Billionaires aren't people, they're an avatar of their wealth. They're basically a company of themselves... They have all sorts of staff and connections. That creates a lot of paperwork

    I'm not sure if Epstein was a billionaire, but his life was organized like he was

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