Overview
- A new court filing reports that only 12,285 documents—about 125,575 pages—have been released, amounting to less than one percent of the material under review.
- The department acknowledged missing the December 19 deadline set by the Epstein records transparency law.
- Officials disclosed that on December 24 they identified more than one million additional files outside the initial review, many likely duplicates requiring processing and deduplication.
- More than 400 Justice Department attorneys and about 100 trained FBI staff are conducting manual review and redaction under Judge Paul Engelmayer’s oversight, according to a letter signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi and senior prosecutors Todd Blanche and Jay Clayton.
- Lawmakers intensified scrutiny, with Sen. Chuck Schumer alleging concealment and Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie weighing a contempt action, while the Trump administration defends a phased approach as releases so far yield few new revelations.