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Judge Orders DOJ to Unredact Trump Abuse Files by July

6/26/2026

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Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered the Justice Department to release documents linking abuse to President Donald Trump or justify redactions.
He set a July 2 2026 deadline to unredact the Epstein files, required Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to submit a redaction log, and said half of six million pages remain unreleased as duplicates, unrelated or privileged.
The order follows journalist Katie Phang’s April lawsuit alleging redactions of eight emails about a “torture video.”

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Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered the Justice Department to release documents linking abuse to President Donald Trump or justify redactions.
He set a July 2 2026 deadline to unredact the Epstein files, required Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to submit a redaction log, and said half of six million pages remain unreleased as duplicates, unrelated or privileged.
The order follows journalist Katie Phang’s April lawsuit alleging redactions of eight emails about a “torture video.”