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Epstein Survivors Sue Trump Administration and Google Over Alleged Privacy Violations
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A group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors has filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration and Google, alleging that the release of Epstein-related files exposed their private and identifying information to the public. The lawsuit claims...
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What's up, everyone? And welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. The DOJ and Pam Bondi had plenty of time to go through the Epstein files and redact the names of the survivors. And instead of doing that, what they did was redact the names of people that were allegedly involved in with Jeffrey Epstein's bullshit. Whether that's enabling it or being involved in the abuse itself. Those people had their names redacted. But these survivors, at least over a hundred of them, their information was left out there for the whole world to see. And of course, that's led to a whole bunch of harassment for a lot of these women. And is it shocking, considering people like Anna Paulina Luna, who have no idea what they're even talking about, start dropping grenades and calling these women traffickers themselves? You have to be very clear with what you're saying. If you want to say that certain women help Jeffrey Epstein, the answer is yes, they did. The Core 4. But if you're going to try and act like these girls who were 14, 15, 16 years old and who were groomed and had this behavior normalized to them are traffickers themselves. And on top of that, you have the President of the United States calling it a hoax. Yeah, you're going to draw out the crazies. You're going to draw out people who think that they're helping the President fight his hoax by harassing these women or calling these women traffickers or prostitutes. And that whole narrative began when Anna Paulina Luna started dropping grenades. So now the survivors have banded together and they're suing the Trump administration and Google over the release of their private information. And in this article from NBC, we're going to dive a little bit deeper. Headline, Epstein Survivors Sue Trump Administration and Google over release of private Information. This article was authored by Chloe Atkins. A group of Epstein survivors filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration in Google on Thursday over the disclosure of personal information found in the release of the files related to the late sex offender over the past several months. And I can already hear the counter to this. Oh, well, you wanted all this information out there. Now it's out there and you're suing people. Well, yeah, they didn't follow the law. You might want to add that part. You know, the part where the survivor names should have been redacted and hidden. That didn't really happen, did it? And with all the man hours and all the complaining we heard from Todd Blanche and the doj, you think that they'd be on top of it. But I guess this was just, you know, a coincidence as well, right? Just more negligence. The United States, acting through the doj, made a deliberate policy choice to prioritize rapid large volume disclosure over protection of Epstein survivors privacy, the plaintiff said, adding that the justice department outed approximately 100 survivors of the convicted sexual predator, publishing their private information and identifying them to the world. And when I was going through the files, I saw names from Florida that I had never seen before. Those names were kept under guard for years. Almost impossible to get that information. Then all of a sudden all those names are released. And remember, a lot of those girls who are women now down in Florida, they didn't want anything to do with any of this. And while I think that it's good to get everything out into the light, we can't force people to, you know, tell their story. We can't force people to relive trauma. And when you out people like this, that's what you're doing now. They have to answer questions. Their kids are going to talk to them, hey, mom, what the hell? And a lot of people are trying to avoid it. But the government, of course, they couldn't be bothered to do their job correctly. And not only their job, but what the law requires. While the government later withdrew survivors personal information from the publicly released files, the survivors said that online entities like Google continuously republish it, refusing victims pleas to take it down. Specifically, the plaintiff said their personal information continues to be displayed in search results and AI generated content. Unfortunately, once something gets on the Internet, very difficult to get it off. And unfortunately, once something's out there, it's out there. All it takes is one person downloading it, right? Survivors now face renewed trauma. Strangers call them, email them, threaten their physical safety and accuse them of conspiring with Epstein when they are in reality Epstein's victims, the complaint reads. And the marching orders, of course, come from Donald Trump. But I place the blame on Anna Paulina Luna and that tweet she made a few weeks ago, calling these girls human traffickers, saying that some of the women that were at the hearing were human traffickers themselves. And it's telling, right? She's more mad about that than she is about Ghisne Maxwell getting the homie hookup or the fact that she didn't show up to talk to Les Wexner or the fact that no investigation really ever happened in the beginning where Wexner or Indike or Khan or anybody important was ever spoken to. But she's real mad about these women who were abused by, who became traffickers she knew exactly what she was doing and she got the results she was looking for. And everything about Anna Paulina Luna turns me off. She's an influencer. LARPing as a lawmaker and that shit is dangerous. The Justice Department and Google did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday night. Yeah, well, I don't expect the DOJ to say a word. They're infallible here. They've never done anything wrong. And every decision they've ever made is to make the survivors lives better. Isn't that what Todd Blanche told us? Todd baby Billy Blanche, the world's biggest dumb dumb. The truth is this has never been about the survivors. It's about protecting Donald Trump and Donald Trump's friends. That's what it's all about. These fools don't care about the survivors. Hell, Pam Bondi won't even turn around and acknowledge their existence. But they care about the survivors. Huh? Everything's based on the survivors. No it's not. Sorry. In a Feb. 2 letter to judges Richard Berman and Paul Engelmeier in the Southern District of New York, U.S. attorney Jay Clayton said the Justice Department was in the process of removing documents that included victim identifying information. The department has worked all hours through the weekend from the point when the first victim related concerns were raised. The letter said the department now has taken down several thousands of documents and the media that may have inadvertently included victim identifying information due to various factors including human or technical error. Oh, give me a break. You had all those lawyers looking at these documents and they can't do basic redactions, especially with AI out there now. You can't get it tuned up where you have it, looking for keywords, names. None of it passes the sniff test. And what they're going to do is they're just going to keep doubling down on the great job that they did because they know nobody's here to hold them accountable. There's no oversight. Who's going to hold them accountable? James Comer? Or how about Ron Wyden? Ron Wyden can't even hold his own kid accountable, never mind holding anyone else accountable when it comes to Epstein. The letter added that the Justice Department was continuously evaluating its process and making further enhancements as necessary to address victims concerns. While complying with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, President Donald Trump signed that measure into law in November. The Justice Department had made assurances that it would protect the survivors privacy. In the release, the plaintiffs are seeking minimum damages of $1,000 per survivor from the Justice Department and punitive damages in amount sufficient to punish and deter Google. The group also asked the court to order Google to immediately and permanently take down the survivor's personal information. And look, I'm sure Google can take some of it down, but once it's out there, like I was saying, it's out there and people are going to do what they're going to do with it, unfortunately. The survivors said that Google has the technological capability to remove content in response to legal requests about sensitive personal information. Google's refusal to use such tools in this case shows its conduct is reckless, in disregard for the well being of plaintiff and other victims, and willful, the lawsuit says. Survivors have notified Google about the unlawful disclosure multiple times in February and March, the complaint says, adding that the content remains viewable on Google. So they're going to end up having to take that down. But, and here's the big but, it's still going to be there forever. You know the saying the Internet never forgets. The survivors said the Justice Department has violated the Privacy act of 1974 by disclosing survivors information without consent. The plaintiffs also brought civil claims against Google over violations of California's unfair competition law, invasion of privacy and negligent infliction of emotional distress, as well as violation of California civil code and targets doxxing. No survivor of sexual abuse should have to live in fear that a stranger can type their name into a search bar and instantly find out about their worst trauma yet. That's exactly what happened here, Julie Erickson, one of the plaintiff's attorneys, said in a statement. On Thursday. The DOJ opened the door by unlawfully disclosing victim identifying information. And Google is holding that door wide open even after being warned about the damage that it's causing. So look, I don't know if this is going to be successful, but I think it's a good move on the part of the survivors. It's a shot over the bell, right? Look, you dudes better do the right thing or you can expect more lawsuits. Now the question is, is that going to be enough to deter the DOJ from playing their games? Well, I guess we're about to find out. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.