Overview
- In a letter filed Thursday, Justice Department leaders told Judges Paul Engelmayer and Richard Berman they have mobilized more than 500 reviewers, including 80 newly reassigned attorneys, and are running around-the-clock operations despite technical glitches.
- The department has released 12,285 documents so far—less than 1%—with more than two million others under review, and some reporting indicates the total corpus may exceed five million records.
- Officials said they are conferring with victims and counsel, refining redaction procedures, and will re-redact previously posted materials to remove personally identifying information even when it appeared in public court filings.
- Nineteen Epstein survivors formally asked the DOJ Office of Inspector General to examine redaction practices and oversee future disclosures, alleging selective redactions that left some victims identifiable.
- Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie asked the court to appoint a special master to enforce the transparency law, the DOJ response is due Friday, and the Associated Press reported no further public tranche is expected before January 20 or 21.