Overview
- At least 8,000 additional files and roughly 11,000 new links went live on the DOJ site, including surveillance footage from August 2019, though some links did not resolve.
- The department missed the December 19 disclosure deadline mandated by the Epstein Files Transparency Act and now faces potential contempt proceedings and a Senate push for legal action.
- Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said extensive redactions are required to protect victim identities and denied any effort to shield President Trump.
- An image showing a photo of Trump in an open desk drawer was briefly removed and then restored after SDNY review determined no victims were depicted.
- A DOJ-released email cites flight logs indicating Trump took at least eight flights on Epstein’s jet in the 1990s, while authorities have not alleged wrongdoing by him.