Overview
- After missing the Dec. 19 legal deadline, the Justice Department has posted 12,285 documents while more than 2 million items remain under review.
- In a Thursday letter, officials said over 500 reviewers, including newly reassigned Criminal Division attorneys, are processing and redacting millions of pages on a centralized platform that has had technical glitches.
- The filing provided no completion date or next release schedule, though Associated Press reporting indicated additional postings are not expected until Jan. 20 or 21.
- Several Epstein survivors asked the DOJ inspector general to review the released materials and oversee future disclosures, alleging selective redactions that exposed victims’ identifiers while concealing names of alleged facilitators.
- After Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie sought a court-appointed special master, U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton told the judge the lawmakers lack standing and the court lacks authority to install an independent monitor.