DOJ finds million more potential Epstein documents to review before release

The Justice Division mentioned Wednesday that it might nonetheless have greater than one million paperwork associated to the late Jeffrey Epstein that it must assessment and that the method might take weeks to finish.

The DOJ mentioned two of its parts, the FBI and the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the Southern District of New York, had simply handed over the lacking tranche of information, days after the Epstein Information Transparency Act deadline handed.

“Now we have attorneys working across the clock to assessment and make the legally required redactions to guard victims, and we are going to launch the paperwork as rapidly as potential,” the DOJ wrote in an announcement on social media.

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Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi joins President Donald Trump to debate current Supreme Courtroom rulings within the White Home briefing room on June 27, 2025. (Getty Photographs)

The assessment of the “huge quantity of fabric” might take “a couple of extra weeks,” the DOJ mentioned.

“The Division will proceed to totally adjust to federal legislation and President Trump’s orders to launch the information,” the division wrote.

The DOJ shared on a public website tens of 1000’s of pages of information associated to the intercourse trafficking instances of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell since Friday, as a part of the duty below the transparency legislation.

Jeffrey Epstein was discovered lifeless in federal custody in 2019. (New York State Intercourse Offender Registry by way of AP, file)

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President Donald Trump signed the invoice into legislation on November 19, giving the DOJ 30 days to assessment and launch all unclassified materials associated to the instances.

The rollout of the file has sparked controversy as critics have blasted the DOJ for what they are saying are extreme redactions and the invoice’s deadline handed Friday. Initially, the DOJ mentioned it could miss the deadline by a couple of weeks, however Wednesday’s announcement signifies which will lengthen additional into the brand new 12 months than the administration anticipated.

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Todd Blanche, the then-designate deputy lawyer basic, will seem earlier than the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 12 in Washington, DC. (Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs)

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Deputy Lawyer Normal Todd Blanche mentioned Sunday on “Meet the Press” that there was “well-settled legislation” supporting the DOJ to overlook the invoice’s deadline as a result of want to satisfy different authorized necessities, resembling redacting victim-identifying data.

The Transparency Act required the DOJ to withhold details about victims and materials that would jeopardize ongoing investigations or lawsuits. Officers can even omit data “within the pursuits of nationwide protection or overseas coverage,” the invoice says.

The invoice additionally explicitly directed the DOJ to maintain seen any particulars that would hurt high-profile and politically linked folks.