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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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[–] MBech@feddit.dk 111 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 47 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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".

[–] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 16 points 2 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"

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Back in high school I probably sent a decent chunk of that daily in text messages alone.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This describes the inbox at my corporate job, hold the CP and sex trafficking

[–] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

As far as you know

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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.

[–] shortypants@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I honestly have no idea what a normal amount is, and a million does sound like a lot, but if it includes entire contracts, leases, lawsuits, etc., it could be a shitload of documents.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

You underestimate just how many girls this fucker trafficked.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And they just happened to have been found on Christmas Eve! What a coincidence!!

[–] muffedtrims@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

We're they found in the Mar a Lago bathroom?

[–] tyrant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

It's a Christmas miracle!

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 12 points 2 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

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 8 points 2 months ago

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~~

Ftfy.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

epstein, through MaxWEL AND her dad worked extensively with MOSSAD.

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

This guy is a state funded representative of Israel, and the US government knew that. Apparently it was extensively documented.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

They asked Grok to spit out more documents that implicate democrats.

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure these counts are in pages/images/etc. Not 1 milliions PDF's, but rather, 1 million pages in PDF format (example).

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

probably includes people other than trump, other billionaires, executives,ceos, other world leaders.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd be impressed if I've sent anywhere near that amount of emails in my life.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

It's safe to assume that they're not all emails.

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 47 points 2 months ago

Cool you're still late releasing them

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 28 points 2 months ago

I was told the files didn't exist. Repeatedly. By the fascist mouthpieces.

[–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 15 points 2 months ago

A million...more?

[–] user81720483@feddit.org 12 points 2 months ago

Probably AI slop. Flood the zone with shit tactics. Bannon.

[–] couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago

Easy, just have AI create a million documents so you can mix in the real ones. It will take a lifetime to separate the trash from the real ones.

[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

On Bondi's desk?