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Q And, during this process, when you were preparing documents to be produced, were there concerns about what should or should not be redacted? A I believe so. Q Did you have concerns? A Yes. I had grave concerns about victims' names being released because of the volume of documents and the timeframe in which those documents had to be released, and I believe most people in my office shared those same concerns. Q And were there guidelines in place for DOJ employees on how to make redactions? A I believe Deputy Attorney General Blanche, now Acting Attorney General Blanche, laid out those guidelines for the reviewers, the attorneys who reviewed the material. And I believe some of it -- the protocol is listed in these memos as well. Q Are you aware of whether the DOJ employees tasked with conducting redactions, whether they had to undergo any kind of training? A I don't recall. I believe so. I'm not certain. Q And I recognize that you may have briefly touched on this, but were there any criteria for the attorneys that were selected to make redactions? A Criteria about the attorneys themselves? Q As far as the 500 attorneys that were selected to contribute to this effort. A Yeah. As I recall, we used many from our National Security Division because they are highly qualified and also deal with protecting victims and confidential information on a routine basis, but as well as prosecutors from multiple jurisdictions. But how they were specifically chosen, I'm not sure. Q Attorney General Bondi, did you, yourself, ever redact documents produced under the Epstein Files Transparency Act? A No.