Erasing the Room
The specific nature of the deletion has fueled allegations that the Department is more interested in protecting the identities of Epstein’s network than in providing a transparent account of the investigation. By removing the reference to “El Brillo Way” and the “two associates,” the edited transcript effectively distanced the witness from a known crime scene and erased potential leads from the public record.
“Your department didn’t correct a transcript,” Mr. Massie concluded. “Your department removed a witness from a location and erased two people from a room. That’s not accuracy. That’s editing the record.”
