Overview
- The department told federal judges it has more than 500 reviewers working through millions of pages, recently adding about 80 criminal-division attorneys, and noted technical glitches and extensive duplication in the trove.
- Only 12,285 documents have been posted to date, representing under 1% of materials, with more than 2 million items still in various phases of review despite the law’s Dec. 19 disclosure deadline.
- The latest filing offered no estimate for when additional records will be released, as officials emphasized prioritizing victim privacy under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
- U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton argued in a court letter that Judge Paul Engelmayer cannot appoint a special master to oversee production and that Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie lack standing to seek that relief.
- Nineteen survivors asked the DOJ inspector general to scrutinize past releases and oversee future ones after alleging selective redactions; DOJ said it will redact victim-identifying information at a victim’s request even if it previously appeared on public dockets.