My Authors
Read all threads
PAGE 1 of 10
I’m posting a set of pages from the Ghislaine Maxwell released files here with instructions.

#HowTo unredact the redacted PDFs. Shown side by side.

#Maxwell #MaxwellFiles #MaxwellDocs #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinDidntKillHimself #Unredacted
PAGE 2 of 10

First you have to go download PDFs: courtlistener.com/docket/4355835…

When you open them, many are heavily redacted.

———

#HowTo unredact the redacted PDFs. Shown side by side.

#Maxwell #MaxwellFiles #MaxwellDocs #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinDidntKillHimself #Unredacted
PAGE 3 of 10

The digital redaction is an Adobe Acrobat security feature, so Acrobat won’t let you select the hidden text.

———

#HowTo unredact the redacted PDFs. Shown side by side.

#Maxwell #MaxwellFiles #MaxwellDocs #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinDidntKillHimself #Unredacted
PAGE 4 of 10

But other PDF readers don’t support Adobe’s redacted security feature. One is Apple Preview…

———

#HowTo unredact the redacted PDFs. Shown side by side.

#Maxwell #MaxwellFiles #MaxwellDocs #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinDidntKillHimself #Unredacted
PAGE 5 of 10

Open PDF in Apple Preview or a non-Adobe PDF viewer: some have selected redacted text from within a browser.

———

#HowTo unredact the redacted PDFs. Shown side by side.

#Maxwell #MaxwellFiles #MaxwellDocs #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinDidntKillHimself #Unredacted
PAGE 6 of 10

Select & Copy the text from behind the redaction—you’ll barely see it highlight from the edge of blacked out.

——

#HowTo unredact the redacted PDFs. Shown side by side.

#Maxwell #MaxwellFiles #MaxwellDocs #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinDidntKillHimself #Unredacted
PAGE 7 of 10

Then you can paste the text into a text file.

If you want to get fancier and flow text over the redaction…

———

#HowTo unredact the redacted PDFs. Shown side by side.

#Maxwell #MaxwellFiles #MaxwellDocs #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinDidntKillHimself #Unredacted
PAGE 8 of 10

Export PDF pages as images. Import those as background images into a text or layout app.

Match page config:

———

#HowTo unredact the redacted PDFs. Shown side by side.

#Maxwell #MaxwellFiles #MaxwellDocs #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinDidntKillHimself #Unredacted
PAGE 9 of 10

1 in margins
.5 in indent
12 pt Times
27.65 pt leading

Flow the copied text back in over redaction.

Export

———

#HowTo unredact the redacted PDFs. Shown side by side.

#Maxwell #MaxwellFiles #MaxwellDocs #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinDidntKillHimself #Unredacted
PAGE 10 of 10

Then the existing body text, and newly unredacted all flow together and you can see what had been redacted.

———

#HowTo unredact the redacted PDFs. Shown side by side.

#Maxwell #MaxwellFiles #MaxwellDocs #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinDidntKillHimself #Unredacted
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh.

Keep Current with David 🕊 JUST VOTE

Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!