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Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, formally accused the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday of participating in a cover-up by applying 'mysterious redactions' to internal documents concerning the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Following a high-level review of previously withheld files in Washington D.C., Raskin alleged that the department's editing process selectively obscured the identities of powerful individuals who may have participated in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring while failing to provide the same privacy protections for his victims. This public escalation follows years of congressional pressure on the DOJ to provide transparency regarding how the disgraced financier managed to secure a controversial non-prosecution agreement in 2008 and the subsequent failures to monitor him before his 2019 death. Raskin’s criticisms center on the discrepancy between how the DOJ handled sensitive information regarding perpetrators versus survivors. According to the Maryland congressman, the unredacted files he reviewed suggest a pattern of protectionism toward influential figures. He noted that while the names of victims were often left exposed or easily identifiable, the names of high-profile associates and potential abusers remained hidden behind heavy black ink, a move he claims lacks any legitimate law enforcement or privacy justification. These allegations add a new layer of scrutiny to the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility, which has been under fire for its handling of the Epstein file. The representative is now calling for a full accounting of why these specific redactions were made and is demanding that the DOJ release a more transparent version of the documents to Congress. This demand is part of a broader bipartisan effort within the House of Representatives to understand the full scope of Epstein’s operations and the failures of the American legal system to hold his enablers accountable. Raskin emphasized that the public interest in knowing the truth about the sex trafficking network outweighs the DOJ's current efforts to maintain the anonymity of those who may have been involved in criminal activities or institutional negligence.