A new court paper states that more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein are expected to be released in the “near term.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton told judges that the Department of Justice “continues to make substantial progress in its efforts to identify potentially responsive documents, review those documents, redact victim identifying information and privileged information, engage in quality control processes, and prepare responsive documents for publication” in line with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
“The Department currently expects that it will complete these processes with respect to substantially all of the potentially responsive documents, including publication to the Epstein Library website, in the near term,” the filing states. “The Department is not able to provide a specific date at this time and cautions that its ongoing processes, including its quality control checks and document management system preparations, may require additional efforts to ensure the protection of victim identifying information while complying with the broad demands of the Act.”
Hundreds of DOJ employees are assessing the documents to “complete this review as expeditiously as possible without compromising victims’ privacy so that its production can be complete.”
In December, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the FBI informed the DOJ that more than one million more documents potentially connected to the Epstein case were discovered.
“We have lawyers working around the clock to review and make the legally required redactions to protect victims, and we will release the documents as soon as possible,” the DOJ explained on social media. “Due to the mass volume of material, this process may take a few more weeks. The Department will continue to fully comply with federal law and President Trump’s direction to release the files.”
President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November, which directs the Attorney General to “make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession of the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Attorneys’ Offices.”
