Why would you need 1,000 federal employees to sift through 100,000 pages of Epstein files just to find Trump’s name?
You wouldn’t, unless the goal isn’t truth, but control of the narrative.
According to Sen. Dick Durbin, that’s exactly what’s happening. In a letter released July 18, he revealed that around 1,000 FBI and DOJ staff, including agents from the New York field office, were assigned to work 24-hour shifts, with direct orders to flag every document that mentioned Donald Trump. Durbin is now demanding answers from Attorney General Pam Bondi about who authorized the operation and what happened to the flagged material.
This isn’t the 1980s. The DOJ and FBI use platforms like Relativity, Nuix, and Clearwell tools built to scan millions of documents in seconds. And even without those, a basic search function, like CTRL+F, can find every instance of “Trump,” “Donald,” or any alias in moments.
So why the massive review operation?
Because it’s not just about whether his name appears. It’s about how often, in what context, and how much can be delayed, redacted, or spun before the public ever sees it. A computer might flag a name, but it can’t interpret tone, nuance, or narrative framing. A person can and that’s exactly the point.
Durbin is pressing Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Deputy Director Dan Bongino to explain who ordered the flagging and, more importantly, what happened to the documents that were pulled.
If there’s nothing to hide, release the files.
No lawsuits, no delays, and no taxpayer-funded review team. Transparency should be easy, if you’re telling the truth.
Source