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More than one million documents “potentially” Linked to Jeffrey Epstein case have been exposed, and it could take several weeks to release them all, DOJ officials acknowledged on Christmas Eve.
Wednesday’s social media PostThe department said it had been informed by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the FBI that they had disclosed more than one million documents. “Potentially related to the Jeffrey Epstein case.”
“We have attorneys working around the clock to review and make legally required reforms to protect victims, and we will issue document As soon as possible,” the statement said.
The department further said, “Due to the sheer volume of material, this process may take several more weeks,” adding that it “will continue to fully comply with federal law and President Trump’s direction to release the files.”
The statement did not say when the department was informed about the new files.
The update comes as the Trump administration faces more backlash over partially releasing the files by a December 19 deadline set by Congress.
Democratic Representative Ro Khanna, one of the lawmakers behind the legislation to compel the release of the documents, responded to the update by vowing to “keep up the pressure.” Khanna and other members of Congress have suggested Attorney General Pam Bondi It is possible held in contempt For failing to issue documents by the deadline.
“After we said we were bringing contempt, the DOJ is now looking for millions more documents to release,” Khanna said in a post on X.
So far, about 750,000 documents convicted sex offender case A Trump administration official said it was reviewed by a team of 200 people and released. axiosJoe reports a “palpable sense of sadness” at the crisis behind closed doors.
The outlet reported that before the department shared an update on December 24, there were still an estimated 700,000 files in the Epstein case that needed to be reviewed and released.
Justice Department leadership reportedly sent an “emergency request” asking career prosecutors in Florida to volunteer over the Christmas holidays to assist in redacting the files. cnn,
“We require AUSA to conduct remote document review and redaction related to the Epstein files,” the email from a supervising prosecutor in the Southern District of Florida’s U.S. Attorney’s Office reportedly said.
“I know the timing couldn’t be worse,” he said in the email, sent two days before Christmas Day. “For some the holidays are about to begin, but I know for others the holidays are about to end.”
The reported request for additional help in redacting the documents comes more than a month after President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
The administration has been dogged by persistent controversy, further hampered by heavily redacted files and its “clumsy” and partial release of documents.
White House officials are reportedly becoming “frustrated” with the saga as it shows few signs of slowing down. “It’s a combination of extreme frustration over everything: our reaction to what Congress did, and concern that this won’t go away,” one official said. axios,
Tuesday’s document dump by the Justice Department, the largest to date, included hundreds of emails and other correspondence from Ghislaine Maxwell and law enforcement and prosecutors investigating Epstein in the wake of her prison death in 2019, which was ruled a suicide.
Trump, who had Years-long relationship with Epstein dating back to the early 2000sIt was referenced several times in documents released Tuesday.
The President is not accused of wrongdoing in connection with his crimes, and the presence of an individual within the files does not indicate wrongdoing. Department of Justice immediately leapt to his defenseClaiming that the files contain “false and sensationalist claims”, they suggest that it was used to influence the 2020 presidential election.