Comment by streetfighter64

6 days ago

Very interesting. That document in particular seems to be an interview of A. Acosta by the DoJ from 2019. But what reason would the FBI have for pretending it's a scanned document, if it is genuine? Perhaps there's some aspect of Epstein's deal with Acosta that they'd rather not reveal to the public?

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%207/EFTA000092...

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juujian  6 days ago

Not that I can speak from personal experience or anything... But somebody on an email chain may have requested a scanned version of the document to ensure there is no metadata and the employee might have found it easier to just flatten the pdf and apply a graphical filter to make the document appear like a scanned document. There might even be a webtool available somewhere to do so, I wouldn't know...

  • mikkupikku  6 days ago

    > the employee might have found it easier to just flatten the pdf and apply a graphical filter to make the document appear like a scanned document

    Is that remotely plausible? I can't imaging faking a scan being easier than just walking down the hall to the copier room.

    • dahcryn  6 days ago

      If I look at my personal work situation, working from home would mean I can't do it immediately, but would have to remember to do it the next day. Or just do it digitally right now in a few minutes and have it off my to-do list

      Don't attribute to malice what can be attributed to laziness, these are government workers

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    • jojobas  6 days ago

      It's thousands of pages, surely investing some time in a script is faster. They were in a rush as well.

      If they were faking the documents rather than the delivery method they definitely could have invested some time in flawless looks.

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    • juujian  5 days ago

      Look, what I'm saying is that I don't have a scanner at home or at work and I've find this.

    • Spooky23  5 days ago

      You’re talking about 1,000 FBI agents locked in a building. There’s no printer.

    • ffsm8  6 days ago

      Depending on their technical capability, yes.

      I mean even in this thread you got what are essentially one-liners to do it.

      Definitely less hassle then doing it irl

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breppp  5 days ago

I am only guessing that they had to remove the document from a classified network in a way where data won't possibly leak