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The DOJ Redacted a Photo of the Mona Lisa in the Epstein Files (www.404media.co)

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The Department of Justice redacted the face of the Mona Lisa, a 522-year-old painting of an Italian woman who died centuries ago, as part of its release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein.

In a PDF of an email with the subject line “simply paris” sent on July 3, 2009, a redacted sender sent Epstein several photos of, presumably, himself and a woman sightseeing in Paris. The photos of the woman are all redacted with a black box over her face, but the man’s face is visible.

The photos are from tourist locations like Disneyland Paris, the Versailles fountains, and the Louvre, where the Mona Lisa is installed. “We just walked around all over the city not just the sight seeing...we took like 1500 pictures so was really difficult to decide wich to send! :)” the sender wrote at the end of the email.

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[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 57 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

They posted an update, an official statement said that a victims face was overlaid over the artwork.

So while this probably seemed ridiculous, there was a valid reason.

[–] Kalon@feddit.online 52 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

In a functioning government this would make sense.

Unfortunately I don't take anything they say as fact anymore.

[–] Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 hours ago

I take everything these unhumans spew as what it actually is - the exact opposite of fact.