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Democratic lawmakers, who had criticized the Justice Department’s release of the material, accused the Trump administration of violating the law mandating the release of the files.

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[–] MBech@feddit.dk 113 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (9 children)

A million documents? First of all, how were they just now "found"? Second, how in the fuck are there a million documents about any 1 person? That is an insane amount of data on a single person's doings.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 48 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Every email, text message, photograph of him or at his residences, legal document, flight log, and tip to law enforcement about his activities is a "document".

[–] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (4 children)

a million documents is on average about one document every 35 minutes for his entire life. that seems like a lot, even for a broad definition of "document"

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

All of those documents don't have to have originated from Epstein. There are documents relating to the various investigations of Epstein, court proceedings, documents produced by Epstein's businesses, by people who were associated with him like Ghislaine Maxwell and Brunel, etc, etc.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Back in high school I probably sent a decent chunk of that daily in text messages alone.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A document for an email he sent. A document with the metadata from that email. A document that is just the image attached to the email. A document summarizing all the above. A document which lists the above being filed into evidence. A document with an agent attesting that he filed them into evidence.

And so on and so forth.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

This describes the inbox at my corporate job, hold the CP and sex trafficking

[–] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

As far as you know

[–] shortypants@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I honestly have no idea what a normal amount is, and a million does sound like a lot, but if it includes entire contracts, leases, lawsuits, etc., it could be a shitload of documents.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)

And they just happened to have been found on Christmas Eve! What a coincidence!!

[–] muffedtrims@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

We're they found in the Mar a Lago bathroom?

[–] tyrant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

It's a Christmas miracle!

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago

You underestimate just how many girls this fucker trafficked.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Billionaires aren't people, they're an avatar of their wealth. They're basically a company of themselves... They have all sorts of staff and connections. That creates a lot of paperwork

I'm not sure if Epstein was a billionaire, but his life was organized like he was

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 8 points 2 days ago

Billionaires aren’t people, ~~they’re an avatar of their wealth. They’re basically a company of themselves… They have all sorts of staff and connections. That creates a lot of paperwork~~

Ftfy.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

epstein, through MaxWEL AND her dad worked extensively with MOSSAD.

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

This guy is a state funded representative of Israel, and the US government knew that. Apparently it was extensively documented.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

They asked Grok to spit out more documents that implicate democrats.

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I'm pretty sure these counts are in pages/images/etc. Not 1 milliions PDF's, but rather, 1 million pages in PDF format (example).

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

probably includes people other than trump, other billionaires, executives,ceos, other world leaders.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'd be impressed if I've sent anywhere near that amount of emails in my life.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

It's safe to assume that they're not all emails.

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 47 points 2 days ago

Cool you're still late releasing them

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 28 points 2 days ago

I was told the files didn't exist. Repeatedly. By the fascist mouthpieces.

[–] user81720483@feddit.org 12 points 2 days ago

Probably AI slop. Flood the zone with shit tactics. Bannon.

[–] couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago

Easy, just have AI create a million documents so you can mix in the real ones. It will take a lifetime to separate the trash from the real ones.

[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

On Bondi's desk?

[–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 15 points 2 days ago

A million...more?