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Nearly nine months after Congress ordered the Epstein files unsealed, 3 million documents remain sealed with no arrests made. A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers they face contempt proceedings with career-ending consequences. Emails show the Anthropic CEO's wife pit
Nearly nine months after Congress ordered the Epstein files unsealed, approximately 3 million documents remain sealed with no arrests made from the materials. A federal judge has now warned Justice Department lawyers they face contempt proceedings with career-ending consequences if the delays continue. The court's language signals frustration not just with slow compliance but with what looks like deliberate obstruction.
A judge threatening contempt charges against DOJ lawyers isn't a routine administrative warning—it's a sign the court believes the department is stonewalling. Congressional orders to unseal documents are supposed to be binding. When they're ignored for nine months and millions of pages sit locked up without clear justification, the public has no way to know what's inside or whether anyone is actually investigating. The threat of personal consequences to the lawyers involved suggests the judge believes this is intentional delay, not bureaucratic incompetence.
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