# Democracy Defenders Fund
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*Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/entity/democracy-defenders-fund--4788bc1b.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1

Kind: **org**

Also written as: DDF · the watchdog group · the group · the watchdog

## Involved in

- [Democracy Defenders Fund found dozens of documents in the FOIA production that it could not locate in the public Epstein archive.](https://truthscore.com/claim/47be644e)
- [Democracy Defenders Fund acknowledged that the enormous size of the database and possible optical character recognition issues could mean some records exist in…](https://truthscore.com/claim/6244b455)
- [Democracy Defenders Fund cross-referenced the FBI records against the Justice Department's official Epstein Library using the department's own search function.](https://truthscore.com/claim/71bf2f4c)
- [The Justice Department is keeping potentially explosive Jeffrey Epstein-related emails out of the government's massive public file release, including FBI…](https://truthscore.com/claim/b8645d35)
- [Democracy Defenders Fund sent a September 9 letter to Justice Department Inspector General Don Berthiaume after receiving two tranches of FBI records through a…](https://truthscore.com/claim/ef3c7165)

## Statements attributed to it

- [The discrepancies raise questions about whether records were improperly withheld or redacted because of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political…](https://truthscore.com/claim/5a303211) — independent
- [The email chain does not appear in the Epstein Library.](https://truthscore.com/claim/79741c0a) — independent
- [Another email chain involved Kash Patel seeking contact information for two people he met at Trump International Golf Course who were connected to British…](https://truthscore.com/claim/7df599e7) — independent
- [Communications between Emil Bove and Dan Bongino concerning information that otherwise appeared in the Epstein release were not publicly released.](https://truthscore.com/claim/82fc50bf) — independent
- [Several emails involving Kash Patel and Dan Bongino may relate to the Justice Department and FBI's July 2025 determination that no further Epstein disclosure…](https://truthscore.com/claim/8ffcba6f) — independent
- [The Justice Department is keeping potentially explosive Jeffrey Epstein-related emails out of the government's massive public file release, including FBI…](https://truthscore.com/claim/b8645d35) — independent
- [The FBI production showed records that fell within the law's disclosure requirements but were not released, and the documents offered insight into how top FBI…](https://truthscore.com/claim/c24b5901) — independent
- [It was unclear why Kash Patel wanted the information, and the correspondence was absent from the public EFTA release.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f52f92fe) — independent