The Department of Justice is releasing more than three million pages of materials related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, deputy attorney general Todd Blanche announced Friday.
The files fulfill the DOJ’s obligations under the law Congress passed last year to compel the release, Blache said. It includes 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.
“Today’s release marks the end of a very comprehensive document identification and review process to ensure transparency to the American people and compliance with the act,” he said. “The Department has engaged in an unprecedented and extensive effort to do so.”
The tranche comes more than a month after the Trump administration blew past the Dec. 19 statutory deadline for DOJ to make public all of the materials in its possession related to the federal Epstein investigation.
Administration officials have maintained it has taken this long to properly vet the documents, though they released some files late last year — including photos depicting former President Bill Clinton. The former president has not been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein and has called for the files to be released.
Blanche, at a press conference Friday announcing the development, outlined the redactions in the materials, which included images of any women besides Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s co-conspirator now serving 20 years in prison for her part in the scheme.
He cautioned that mistakes were “inevitable,” and potential victims could reach out to the department to rectify them
US justice department announces full release of Epstein files
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