Alleged victims want DOJ to take down Epstein files website

Days after the Department of Justice (DOJ) released millions of new documents related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, attorneys for his alleged victims want the website taken down. They are asking two federal judges in New York to immediately shut the site down, calling it an “unfolding emergency,” according to an ABC News report.

‘Every hour matters’

Lawyers representing more than 200 alleged victims say the DOJ has repeatedly failed to properly redact names and identifying details, putting victims at risk and violating court orders meant to protect them.

“For the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, every hour matters. The harm is ongoing and irreversible,” attorneys Brittany Henderson and Brad Edwards wrote in a letter obtained by ABC News.

When the DOJ started posting material to the website in December, concerns were almost immediately raised over failures to redact all victim names. Now, the Wall Street Journal reports this latest cache of documents revealed the identities of at least 43 alleged victims.

The Journal’s report said many of those identified “haven’t shared their identities publicly or were minors when they were abused.” It also said several women’s full names appeared more than 100 times in the files.

Attorneys said in their letter that they have been in near-constant communication with the DOJ to correct redaction errors and they believed “such failures would not recur,” ABC reported.

“That expectation was shattered on January 30, 2026, when DOJ committed what may be the single most egregious violation of victim privacy in one day in United States history,” the letter said, according to ABC.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the DOJ during an interview Sunday, saying redaction errors only impact “about .001% of all the materials.”

“We took great pains, as I explained on Friday, to make sure that we protected victims,” Blanche said on ABC News’ “This Week.” “Every time we hear from a victim or their lawyer that they believe that their name was not properly redacted, we immediately rectify that.”

New revelations

On Friday, the Justice Department released its largest batch yet of Epstein records. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said upon their release that the latest dump includes 3.5 million pages, along with 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.

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The newly released files reference a number of high profile figures, including President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton and billionaire Elon Musk. None of them have been charged or accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.

“I didn’t see it myself, but I was told by some very important people that not only does it absolve me, it’s the opposite of what people were hoping, you know, the radical left,” Trump told reporters Saturday.

Meanwhile, the House is still expected to move forward with a contempt vote against Bill and Hillary Clinton after they declined to testify in a bipartisan Congressional probe into Epstein.

The new records also renew scrutiny of Britain’s former-Prince Andrew. One image released appears to show him kneeling over a woman whose face is redacted.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, now stripped of all royal titles, should testify before the U.S. Congress.

More than a month overdue

The releases stem from the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which required the DOJ to make public all records tied to Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell by Dec. 19.

The department has said the sheer volume of material made full redaction impossible by the deadline and that documents will continue to be released on a rolling basis.

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