Tech-savvy users discover a way around redacted parts of Jeffrey Epstein files

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Tech-savvy users discover a way around redacted parts of Jeffrey Epstein files
By Anna Young and Steven Nelson
Dec. 24, 2025

Tech-savvy sleuths have discovered a way to uncensor the heavily redacted files on notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, as the Department of Justice continues to release the documents.

Some portions of the documents, initially blacked out in Adobe Acrobat, pop up when copied and pasted into Google Docs or Microsoft programs like Word, The Post confirmed during a test run.

“Anyone can read redactions of the Epstein Files by just copying and pasting them into a word doc,” social media influencer Jake Broe wrote on X Tuesday, along with a video showing the apparent federal faux pas.

A Justice Department source tells The Post, however, that the documents in question were merely uploaded from civil litigation and do not contain information that the government intended to conceal.

“These redactions originated in certain courts and were applied by parties in civil actions. DOJ simply reproduced the materials because we had collected them so they were part of the Epstein files,” the official said.

“Redactions applied by the DOJ to FBI/DOJ productions in accordance with other statutes remain fully redacted.”

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