In Undercover Video, Staffer Claims DOJ Will Hide Republican Names In Epstein Files

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post

Sep 4, 2025, 05:34 PM EDT


A staffer in the Justice Department said in a secretly recorded video that the department would redact any Republican names from its investigative files on the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein. The administration has been funneling the Epstein files to Capitol Hill in a supposed show of transparency, but only liberals’ names will remain visible, the staffer said.

“If they’re released in any way, it’s going to be very redacted. They’ll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal Democratic people in those files,” Joseph Schnitt, acting deputy chief of the DOJ’s Office of Enforcement Operations, says in the video.

Schnitt apparently thought he was speaking to someone he’d met through a dating app, but he was actually talking to an undercover operative for the right-wing entrepreneur James O’Keefe.

The video is the most recent and possibly one of the most damaging instances of conservative backlash against the Trump administration over its refusal to make the Epstein files public. Earlier this year, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had Epstein’s mythical “client list” on her desk, only to backtrack this summer and announce no new information would ever come out.

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. The origin of this story is a video made by James O'Keefe.

Last edited Fri Sep 5, 2025, 06:25 AM - Edit history (1)

The story is all the rage on Gateway Pundit.

BREAKING: OMG: DOJ Deputy Chief Says Government will “Redact Every Republican” While Leaving All “Democrat People” on Epstein Client List (VIDEO)

By Cristina Laila Sep. 4, 2025 11:30 am 1224 Comments

The O’Keefe Media Group on Thursday released an undercover video of a DOJ official admitting the government will redact every single Republican while leaving all the liberal Democrats on the Epstein client list.

“They’ll [DOJ] redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal, Democratic people in those files, and have a very slanted version of it come out… without really seeing any of their bad behavior,” admitted Joseph Schnitt, DOJ Acting Deputy Chief at the Office of Enforcement Operations.

“There’s thousands and thousands of page-open files,” Schnitt said. “If they’re released in any way, it’s going to be very redacted.”

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Per the O’Keefe Media Group:

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UNDERCOVER JOURNALISM NEWS

BREAKING: DOJ Deputy Chief Admits Government Will “Redact Every Republican” While “Leav{ing}All the Liberal, Democratic People” on the Epstein Client List; Says Ghislaine Maxwell Was Moved to a Lower-Security Prison As “A Benefit… to Keep Her Mouth Shut”

September 4, 2025

“She [Maxwell] got transferred to a minimum security prison… It’s against BOP policy because she’s a convicted sex offender.”

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🚨MAJOR BREAKING: DOJ Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt was caught on a hidden camera saying the government will “redact every Republican” from the Epstein files and leave only the Democrats.

He also revealed that Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to a minimum security “to keep her mouth shut.”

September 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM

🚨MAJOR BREAKING: DOJ Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt was caught on a hidden camera saying the government will “redact every Republican” from the Epstein files and leave only the Democrats.

He also revealed that Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to a minimum security “to keep her mouth shut.”

— Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2025-09-04T23:06:22.025Z

And good morning.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. He's been forced to become a "lone wolf"!

A month ago, Bloomberg even reported this - The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files

This whole thing is a QAnon production of their own making that has caused chaos in the GOP world!

TGIF and T- 2 hours and counting.

[BoRaGard]

11. Wow - thanks for posting. How fundamentally evil.

G.O.P. is kissing off Christ, and appealing to Satan with all this evil deceitful shit.

[Eliot Rosewater]

29. Thank you for this and obviously this is important

And I am trying to figure out and maybe you can help me, why would O’Keefe the horrific scumbag be making this up, what game is that? I can’t figure it out.

Obviously we all know that there is no chance at all, zero chance of anything released by this DOJ now known as the Gestapo headquarters that will in anyway implicate the piece of shit or any of the other pieces of shit involved.

If there are enemies of the piece of shit implicated they will of course be mentioned, but there is no chance at all anything that comes out of the DOJ while it is a gestapo operation will implicate the piece of shit

I am sure we all agree on this, and of course they will use AI etc. to create an entire story and history and none of it will be true The people best at doing this are the same people who work for musk who fucked with the election 2024.

When Maxwell obviously lied about the piece of shit not being involved, millions of MAGA scum believed her and they don’t need any other information, and any information otherwise will be discarded. Why is this important? Because the only possible way the piece of shit is leaving the White House ever, as if the Republican Party and peaches him they are never going to do that as long as their base supports the piece of shit

[MuirHero]

30. This will never fly

The victims of Epstein's and Maxwell's horrific crimes have their own list of many of the perpetrators and they will release those names if this sordid coverup continues. Fuck Trump and Fuck the GOP!

[Haggard Celine]

2. They're just trying to scare Democrats.

If he can pick off a couple of Democrats, they won't have the votes. It's easier for him to get to Democrats than the Republicans who are supporting the measure. I sure hope he is unsuccessful. I think it just might pass.

[Angrybob2001]

3. I'm confused

DId the maga crowd hurt him somehow so that he's now going after them now. I usually skip details any story i see with project veritas or o'keefe and forget about it so I'm wondering if i missed something.

[yardwork]

7. There are signs that the GOP is through with Trump.

I think they're trying to toss him aside and move on to Vance.

[jgmiller]

19. I agree that the remaining reasonable GOP members are at their breaking point however the problem are the crazies

Crazies might be the wrong word for all of them, it's the ones that might be crazy, might be just grifters, might not be crazy but are true Nazi's etc. They have gone so far down this path that if Trump goes they know they are in deep trouble so they will do whatever it takes to keep him around. The lives they've built for themselves are at stake if he goes down and a cornered animal is a very dangerous thing.

[yardwork]

24. Unfortunately for us and democracy, I think they're sure of Vance.

Trump's job was to get elected using his carnival barker "charm." Now he can be tossed aside so that Vance can finish the work of dismantling our democracy and shoveling all our money to the billionaires.

However, Trump has a remarkable ability to hang in there. I'll bet there are a LOT of Republicans holding death watches in DC, including most of his staff. And not just the moderates in Congress. Nope.

[jgmiller]

25. I agree that was the plan

The thing about Vance though is they somehow found a person who has less charisma than Pence did. He won't be able to manage MAGA and scare any of the GOP reps that are on the edge. Will he still cause a lot of damage, yes he will but far less than Trump.

I also think Trump will hang in there for at least another year health wise and maybe even longer.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. The problem is

their loons latched onto the QAnon nonsense for their own motives - mainly to go after Bill & Hillary Clinton. The whole "pizzagate" / "sex-trafficking" idiocy was a part of that.

‘Pizzagate’ gunman in D.C. sentenced to four years in prison

Pizzagate, QAnon and the ‘Epstein List’: Why the Far Right Is Obsessed with Sex Trafficking

The problem for them is that most of their "attacks" on us are nothing more than "projections" of their own involvement and guilt, as a strategy to put our side on the defensive. However it inevitably comes back to haunt them when their crimes are revealed, which is what is happening (or about to happen) now.

The original demand for "releasing the files" was to uncover "all kinds of high level 'Democrats'" so they could use them for cannon fodder against the party and liberals. But apparently what they are finding is not only a pile of Republicans, but also a pile of very wealthy businessmen.

Having clung to their idiotic CT for a decade, it's hard to break free, and some may still think there is some "high level Democrat" being "protected" by what they consider their own "swamp", and that could lead to them believing they were "tricked" by their dear leader who we know is the REAL guilty one.

[emulatorloo]

14. Excellent analysis. You nailed it.

It is ALWAYS projection w them. While it may be a cliche - Every MAGA/GOP accusation is an absolutely a confession.

[Scrivener7]

12. The Q group has been fed on the idea

that all the Democratic satanists are in the Epstein files, so they want them released.

The venn diagram of the Q group and maga is almost a circle.

[BoRaGard]

4. If true, this will surprise no one. It's what the G.O.P. does.

Repubes lie and cheat just like their draft dodging Golf Cheat in Charge.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Duh. I'm shocked.

[Chasstev365]

8. It simply won't be believable

Only the hardcore MAGA cultists will believe only Democrats and people on the Left were involved.

[travelingthrulife]

18. This is probably the role of MTG. She will loudly proclaim Trump's innocence

after the redactions are released. She will just turn her back on those victims she is championing.

Do not trust Republicans.

[slightlv]

31. I"m afraid that's a whole bunch of them... maybe, in fact, most of the magas.

They're hardwired by now to believe only the worst about dems, and only the purest, best about repugs. Yet, whenever you see a party affiliation behind a nabbed pedo, it's an R. And the worst offenders of children's rights (sexual and otherwise) are Xtians. SMDH. Hypocrisy!

[Brainfodder]

10. So mysterious for something so obvious?

Oh yeah, news for the dense.

[mwmisses4289]

13. As if those of us with more than two brain cells to rub together hadn't already figured this out.

Why do you think bondi kept trying to not release the files?
And yes, it does appear the super wealthy donors to the gop are done with trump. They thought he would be easy to control, for a lot of reasons that turned out not to be the case.

[70sEraVet]

17. Yeah, certainly no astounding revelation in the video

He didn't say anything that most of us already surmised -- and nothing that he couldn't have guessed at by just reading the news.
BUT ...... It IS extremely embarrassing for Bondi's DOJ, and an embarrassment for trump. Trump has Massie, a Republican House member, openly calling him out over his refusal to release all of the files, and now, an insider of the DOJ spilling the beans to impress a girl with a cellphone.

[FakeNoose]

15. We suspected this all along, didn't we? I know I did

What if Bill Barr, back when he was AG and had complete control of the narrative in 2019 and 2020, had made copies of the Epstein documents and other evidence? What if he kept that to himself when he left the DoJ? It's a possibility and I wouldn't be surprised if the materials are leaked some day. Maybe it will happen after Chump finally croaks, I don't know.

[wiggs]

16. careful. anything from these guys or similar needs thorough vetting to avoid reporting on forgeries, fake

videos. We've seen that before.

Otherwise, if true should be front page news on more than Huffpost

[republianmushroom]

20. Shocked, shocked by this

[KS Toronado]

21. Every one of us needs a anti-pedo bumper and window stickers

We need to remind Republicans where their party has gone.......they protect pedophiles!
And challenge them why they would vote for pedophiles when they would fire one who was a teacher
in their local schools.

[slightlv]

32. I like every single one of these... but the last one, with the outline

of the elephant, really gets to me. Elephants are such noble, feeling creatures. They've done nothing to be associated with the evil that is the GOP. We really should come up with something else to associate with the GOP. Maybe an Alligator? Since they seem to like to name concentration camps after them. And, while I have no doubt they have their redeeming values, I'm sorely pressed to name any right now. (gryn)

[GenThePerservering]

36. Agree - it hurt my heart to see that magnificent elephant

associated with this. They can do better.

[Martin68]

22. Don't tell me O'Keefe is actually good for something...

[questionseverything]

26. Maybe it's the "even a blind squirrel finds a nut occasionally " thing

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. The GOP usually LOVES these O'Keefe hidden cameras.

Link to tweet

[Martin68]

34. Well, it's good for us that O'Keefe has thrown in his lot with the "expose it all" crowd. Anything that stirs up

division in the MAGAverse is a good thing.

[riversedge]

23. k and R

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. ADMITS Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to "keep her mouth shut."

Link to tweet

[PuraVidaDreamin]

33. Bump this - every single day

keep this in the news

Does Joseph Schnitt, Acting Deputy Chief of Enforcement Operations, DOJ still have his job?

[ificandream]

35. I really think that's the motivation behind the right-wing uproar over Epstein.

Especially MTG. She'd love to snag Bill Clinton in this scandal. So would Comer. So would Fox and the rest of the right-wing scandal sheets.

I think the only way we'll get a true accounting is if and when the Epstein victims release their own list.