Judge To Rule On FBI Request To Block Epstein Files Release — As Lawyer Suing Bureau Declares Feds 'Continue To Protect His Secrets… And Their Own'...

by Knewz News Staff at Knewz

“The FBI has resisted transparency every step of the way, baselessly withholding thousands of pages of material for years out of stated deference to Epstein,” Daniel Novack, the lawyer for the website RadarOnline.com, wrote in the July 18 letter obtained by Knewz.com.

“The pretext offered: disclosing details of the FBI’s investigation of Epstein for child sex trafficking would inflict a ‘clearly unwarranted invasion’ of his personal privacy. Twenty-one productions cited this justification. None cited any pending of any law enforcement investigation as a basis to withhold records.”

In a July 18 letter to Paul G. Gardephe, the judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the website RadarOnline.com fought back against the FBI

In April 2017, RadarOnline.com sued the FBI for its full file on Epstein, who committed suicide in his jail cell while awaiting his trial for charges of sex trafficking minors and conspiracy.

It was Epstein’s sweetheart treatment by federal law enforcement that prompted their FOIA request, it said:…