Live updates: Pam Bondi testifies before House Judiciary Committee

More than 20 victims of Jeffrey Epstein urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to respond to multiple questions about the exposure of victims’ information and inconsistent redactions in the Justice Department’s release of millions of files related to the late convicted sex offender.

The letter, which came as Bondi was set to testify before Congress on Wednesday, includes a list of 14 questions about the department’s review of the documents, adding that for victims of Epstein, the release “remains incomplete in a way that is both staggering and indefensible.”

The documents “shed no light on whether the investigation into Epstein’s accomplices continued, or why the government failed to pursue charges against individuals it knew to be involved,” the victims wrote.

Among the questions are whether the Justice Department had any quality control or review procedures for redactions, whether it will provide a timeline for releasing any remaining documents and whether it will release files on any men who were investigated.

CNN previously reported the Justice Department failed to redact identifying information about many victims while it redacted the details of people who may have helped Epstein.

Last week, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche signaled that the department does not expect to bring charges against anyone else linked to Epstein saying, “It’s not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.”

In the letter to Bondi, the victims responded, writing: “Survivors are not alleging guilt by association, and to suggest they are is a profound dismissal of the serious crimes that were reported, investigated, and buried.”

“The Department’s actions to-date mirror the very dynamics Epstein relied upon: powerful actors protected by secrecy, while victims are exposed, scrutinized, and made to bear the consequences,” they write.