Deputy US attorney general says victims ‘want to be made whole’ but that doesn’t mean ‘we can just create evidence’

Blanche’s comments took aim at survivors who met Friday’s release with calls demanding further accountability for the alleged clients of Epstein and Maxwell. He also made those comments amid complaints from federal Democratic lawmakers that Friday’s release – along with a number of earlier ones – were incomplete.

Responding to a question about claims by victim’s attorneys that some identities had not been correctly redacted, Blanche on Sunday said, “We immediately rectify that.” But, he added, “the numbers we’re talking about were .001% of all the materials.”

“They’ve released at best half the documents,” [US House member Ro Khanna, a California Democrat] told CNN. “But even those shock the conscience of this country.”

Separately, Maryland House Democrat Jamie Raskin said: “Case closed has been [the Trump administration’s] mantra” since weeks beforehand. He also said the 3m documents released Friday were “close to nothing when they’re deciding which documents are coming out”.

“So the question that has to be asked – that the American people are asking – is what are they hiding from the American people and who are they protecting?” Jeffries remarked.