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The great obfuscation: DOJ’s “final” Epstein report is a masterclass in distraction, protecting the powerful by muddying the waters
By Lance D Johnson // Feb 17, 2026

As part of their ongoing coverup of elite pedophiles, sex traffickers, and worse, the U.S. Department of Justice has delivered its long-awaited report on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, claiming they have fully complied with the law and released all pertinent files. Yet, for truth-seekers and a public starved for accountability, this so-called comprehensive disclosure is being exposed as a sophisticated smokescreen—a deliberate act of informational overload designed to confuse, conflate, and ultimately conceal the true criminal network that operated with impunity for decades.

While Attorney General Pam Bondi’s letter to Congress insists no records were withheld to protect reputations, the delivery of a sprawling list of over 300 high-profile names functions as an obfuscation into any real investigation. This list muddies the waters by throwing out the mere mention of individuals in the files, all while the true connections of this elite pedophilia ring slip away into the shadows.

Key points:

  • The DOJ claims full compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, releasing all records with redactions only for legal privilege, graphic abuse material, and active investigations.
  • A central component of the release is an index of over 300 names found within the files, a list that includes politicians, celebrities, business titans, and even long-deceased cultural icons.
  • Critics from both political parties accuse the DOJ of creating a misleading list that conflates incidental mentions with genuine associates of Epstein, thereby protecting the guilty by drowning genuine leads in noise.
  • The DOJ’s report includes a long list of names that were loosely mentioned or associated with the files, but this list merely muddies the waters on any real Epstein investigation, not taking seriously the real pedophiles, sex traffickers, abusers, and murderers that can be traced in communications in the files.
  • All names mentioned on this list should be investigated to clear innocent individuals, and the true pedophiles and abusers should be sought and prosecuted.
  • Unredacted versions are available for congressional review, but the public is left with a redacted report and a controversial name index that has sparked immediate backlash and accusations of a cover-up.

A list of distraction, not disclosure

The heart of the DOJ’s public-facing report is not a meticulous catalog of evidence, but a sprawling index reading like a global who’s who. The inclusion of figures such as Princess Diana, Kurt Cobain, and Janis Joplin—individuals who died years before Epstein’s crimes peaked or when he was a teenager—has been met with rightful derision. This tactic is not transparency; it is theater. By placing obviously irrelevant names alongside individuals with documented, complex ties to Epstein, like former President Bill Clinton and President Donald Trump, or Britain’s Prince Andrew, the Justice Department creates a plausible deniability field for everyone. It allows defenders of any named individual to rightly point out the absurdity of the list’s breadth, thereby casting doubt on the relevance of any name within it. This is not the pursuit of justice; it is the administration of confusion.

The backlash is bipartisan, a rare sign that the manipulation is apparent to those willing to look. Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna labeled the move as “purposefully muddying the waters,” while Republican Rep. Thomas Massie expressed a loss of confidence in Bondi’s leadership. When both sides of the political aisle call foul on a process allegedly designed for clarity, it is a glaring signal that the official story is engineered to fail the public.

What lies beneath the redactions

While Bondi’s letter states the Department has complied with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which merely released the records and documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein that were allowable under federal transparency law, a critical admission lingers. Major redactions remain, and some redactions, available for viewing by members of Congress, reveal that some pedophiles have been protected for a very long time. This is the buried lede. The existence of unredacted versions for congressional eyes only confirms there is a tier of information deemed too sensitive for the American public, the very people whose trust in institutions has been shattered by this case. What do those redactions hide? Communications? Names? The extent of intelligence agency involvement? The “graphic abuse material” redaction is understandable; however, the redaction of information that would expose long-protected actors is an ongoing betrayal.

The limited fallout so far—a resigned lawyer here, a pressured executive there—pales in comparison to the scale of Epstein’s international sex-trafficking operation. It suggests the released information is the controlled demolition of the narrative, not the full, unvarnished truth. The real communications, the patterns of travel, the financial pipelines that enabled this abuse—these are likely still obscured, either behind redactions or lost in the noise of a 300-name list.

The DOJ’s final report is a masterpiece of modern statecraft: the appearance of compliance masking the reality of continued concealment. It offers a list instead of answers, volume instead of clarity, and a declaration of completion while the deepest questions remain violently unresolved. This is just the beginning and the American people cannot forget this, nor kowtow to this coverup, where the DOJ refuses to even acknowledge, let alone interview the victims who are coming forth!

For the victims and for a nation demanding accountability, this is not an endpoint. It is proof that the battle to expose the full, horrifying truth of who enabled Jeffrey Epstein, and who benefited from his crimes, is far from over. The files may be “released,” but the truth remains in chains.

Sources include:

Yournews.com

KOMONews.com

Enoch, Brighteon.ai



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