Virginia Giuffre's family criticizes DOJ in handling of Epstein files

The household of Virginia Giuffre, 1 of Jeffrey Epstein's astir vocal accusers who died by termination successful 2025, says they are outraged implicit the Justice Department's handling of the latest merchandise of the Epstein files.

Sky and Amanda Roberts, Giuffre's member and sister-in-law, accidental the section failed to support survivors of Epstein's maltreatment erstwhile releasing the documents.

"I mean these are intimate details successful these documents that their household members are going to see, their kids are going to see, and to unredact their names is incredibly insensitive and retraumatizing," Sky Roberts, Giuffre's brother, said successful an interrogation with "CBS Mornings" connected Tuesday.

He said helium thinks the Justice Department is putting women astatine hazard who didn't privation their names publicized.

"They're redacting the names of perpetrators and they're unredacting the names of victims, rather the other of what the Epstein Files Transparency Act was meant to do," helium said.

Attorneys for immoderate of the victims person said the latest merchandise contained the unredacted images and identities of aggregate survivors. And connected Monday, the Justice Department said it withdrew respective 1000 documents and "media" related to Epstein aft lawyers told a New York justice astir 100 victims' lives were "turned upside down" owed to sloppy redactions successful the latest files release, The Associated Press reported.

A spokesperson for the Department of Justice told CBS News the DOJ "takes unfortunate extortion precise earnestly and has redacted thousands of unfortunate names successful the millions of published pages to support the innocent." The section besides said that arsenic soon arsenic a unfortunate raises concerns astir a document, the record is removed from its tract truthful officials tin determine if further redactions are needed.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act required the DOJ to merchandise each files related to Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell by Dec. 19. Due to the measurement of documents, the section said they would beryllium released connected a rolling basis.

The latest merchandise past week included 3 cardinal documents and photos, and a slew of notable figures were mentioned oregon pictured successful the files. 

A DOJ authoritative said connected Sunday that the reappraisal process is finished contempt releasing lone astir fractional of the much than 6 cardinal files.

In its review, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the caller files don't "allow america needfully to prosecute."

"I would accidental my absorption to that is that you person victims, you person survivors, my sister included, that person fixed depositions aft depositions. They've fixed their ain grounds nether oath to our ain Congress … and truthful we would inquire the aforesaid of the men that were perchance named successful these," Sky Roberts said.

"We privation much answers"

After the latest Epstein files release, 20 survivors and household members – including Sky and Amanda Roberts – said successful a connection that "the nationalist inactive does not person the afloat information astir who enabled him, who participated successful his exploitation and who has been shielded for years."

"I deliberation it's selective, too," Amanda Roberts said astir the process. "So if you spell done a batch of these documents, determination are points wherever their names are redacted, but past determination are immoderate files that person perchance slipped through."

The Roberts said they program to proceed to combat for justness and volition be a House Judiciary Committee proceeding adjacent week wherever Attorney General Pam Bondi is expected to testify.

"I deliberation the archetypal question to inquire Pam Bondi is … wherefore should you not beryllium held successful contempt? There's 1 precise large portion of the Department of Justice that's missing present and it is that keyword justice," Sky Roberts said. 

"I deliberation it is astir clip that we subpoena and we commencement afloat investigating this," helium said.

He added, "we privation much answers from her" and galore members of the Justice Department.

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