The U.S. Justice Department sent a letter to members of Congress updating them on redactions and blackouts made in documents from the investigative files of pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. This was reported by Politico, which noted that the letter, required by law, includes a general description of the redactions made and a list of 'prominent' individuals mentioned in the documents, even if they had no interaction with Epstein or his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. However, the letter did not specify the context in which the public figures' names appeared, and the Justice Department declined to comment on the matter.