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Journalist Blasts Trump's DOJ for Withholding Epstein Email Files

2/11/2026

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Prem Thakker, a Zeteo journalist, criticizes the U.S. President Donald Trump's administration for mishandling an Epstein email.
Rep. Thomas Massie flagged the email that mentioned a “torture video” and urged disclosing the sender's identity.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche may have revealed the sender as Emirati billionaire Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem.
Thakker says the DOJ plans to withhold millions of files despite a legal obligation to release them.

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Prem Thakker, a Zeteo journalist, criticizes the U.S. President Donald Trump's administration for mishandling an Epstein email.
Rep. Thomas Massie flagged the email that mentioned a “torture video” and urged disclosing the sender's identity.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche may have revealed the sender as Emirati billionaire Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem.
Thakker says the DOJ plans to withhold millions of files despite a legal obligation to release them.