Surprising no one, staffers and lawyers at the Justice Department are, with technically eight hours to go until they have to release the documents, still working on redacting the Epstein files, CNN reports without being more specific about what is being redacted beyond victims’ names/identities.

Though this is worth flagging: “A substantial number of redactions are needed, one of the sources said, and the documents each attorney is processing since Thanksgiving week can number more than 1,000 – a time-consuming task that likely will come down to the wire. The sensitivities of executive and legal privacy, victims’ protections and other concerns all could play in to the choices the lawyers must make when it comes to potential redactions,” emphasis added on “executive.”

Which “executive” are we talking about here? Why does he merit any privacy in this situation?

In related news earlier this week Fox News reported that the House GOP is floating around a talking points memo that reads “Throughout the Oversight Committee’s review of the federal government’s handling of the Epstein and Maxwell criminal investigations, Democrats have demonstrated a sustained pattern of misconduct – misrepresenting witness testimony, selectively leaking cherry-picked documents, and manipulating emails and images – to fabricate yet another politically motivated hoax targeting President Trump. As a result, nothing Democrats post or leak on this matter can be taken at face value,” almost as though they’re bracing for some really damning shit.