DOJ says it’s still combing through more than 2 million Epstein files
The Department of Justice (DOJ) says it still has about two million records related to the Jeffrey Epstein case to go through. And, so far, official say they’ve reviewed less than one percent of them.
All files related to the case were supposed to be released to the public by Dec. 19 under a deadline imposed by Congress.
Rolling release
In a court filing Monday, the DOJ said because there are so many documents related to the investigation into the convicted sex trafficker, releasing them online on a rolling basis is more feasible. They say every file must first be reviewed and redacted as necessary to protect victims’ identities.
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The DOJ identified over 5 million records potentially subject to disclosure under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
The DOJ also believes a “meaningful portion” of the documents that have not yet been reviewed are duplicates.
The U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York told the federal court that about 400 Justice Department lawyers from Washington, New York and Florida have now been assigned to the review. Dozens of FBI analysts are also involved, including specialists trained to handle material related to victims.
The documents under review include internal Justice Department and FBI emails, court filings, notes from FBI interviews, records from subpoenas and “various forms of media,” the court filing said.
What we have, so far
So far, the DOJ has released more than 12,000 documents, totaling about 125,000 pages on its public Epstein files website.
The documents under review include internal Justice Department and FBI emails, court filings, notes from FBI interviews, records from subpoenas and “various forms of media,” the court filing said.
Several high-profile people have been identified from images made public with the documents including Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, British supermodel Naomi Campbell, former President Bill Clinton and musicians Michael Jackson and Mick Jagger.
Documents that have already been released have also provided additional details of Epstein’s relationship with President Donald Trump. For example, he appeared to be socializing in photographs taken at Epstein’s properties. None of the images indicated that Trump committed any crimes.
When will we see the rest?
It is not yet known how long it will take to go through all the files and release them. The DOJ also hasn’t said when the next batch will be made public.
On Christmas Eve, the Justice Department said more than a million new documents had been discovered and reviewing them could take “a few more weeks.”
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