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Judge Andrew Napolitano was right to call the Department of Justice’s Epstein rollout “kind of a mess” when he weighed in on Newsmax’s National Report — the whole episode has exposed yet another Washington failure to follow through on promises of transparency. Americans were told they would finally see the files, and instead they got a drip of heavily redacted pages and talking points meant to calm the mob. Napolitano’s blunt assessment is exactly what patriots need: stop sugarcoating incompetence and start demanding accountability.
What the DOJ actually put online was not the full, searchable trove Congress demanded but a partial release littered with redactions and even pulled images, prompting cries from both sides of the aisle that the law was not honored. Reporters and lawmakers have already noted pictures that briefly appeared and then vanished, and investigators say much of what was published offers no smoking-gun revelations. The American people deserve the unvarnished truth, not this sanitized, politically calibrated mess.
Even the Justice Department’s own messaging has been inconsistent — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche promised “several hundred thousand” documents would be made public, but critics immediately questioned whether those numbers and the timing amount to compliance with the statute. Democrats are predictably furious and are threatening legal action, which should include a real, teeth-bearing probe into whether documents were purposely withheld. If the DOJ believes in its handling, then let it answer to Congress in public without delay.
Independent reviewers and watchdogs have raised the alarm that much of what the public received is recycled or blanked out, and that key materials like grand-jury transcripts remain sealed — the very records that could explain who knew what and when. One investigative outlet reported that thousands of pages were duplicates and that courts have refused multiple times to unseal certain transcript material, leaving survivors and citizens without crucial answers. This isn’t mere bureaucratic caution; it smells like cover-up by people who think their reputations trump the rule of law.
Republican voices who pushed for release are rightly furious that the administration’s effort appears half-baked, and even lawmakers who fought for the law say the department’s production falls short of the letter and spirit of Congress’s demand. Conservatives who supported transparency because they believe in exposing elite corruption must now stand firm and insist on audits, sworn testimony, and a concrete timeline for full compliance. Anything less is surrendering the high ground to secrecy and special pleading.
At the end of the day, this is about justice for victims and the health of our Republic — not about political scorekeeping. Patriotic Americans should not be placated with theatrical releases designed to protect reputations; they should demand full disclosure, prosecutorial follow-through where warranted, and consequences for anyone who tampers with documents or flouts the law. If Judge Napolitano calls it a mess, then it’s on patriots in both parties to clean it up, expose the truth, and restore faith in institutions that have let too many hard-working Americans down.
