Overview
- In a Jan. 5–6 update to Judge Paul Engelmayer, the department reported releasing 12,285 documents totaling about 125,575 pages, with over 2 million additional records still being processed.
- Roughly 400 Justice Department lawyers and about 100 FBI document analysts are assigned to the review, which officials say will continue on a rolling basis for the next few weeks.
- The DOJ missed Congress’s Dec. 19 disclosure deadline and has not yet provided the required follow‑up report that details redactions, withheld categories, and a list of government officials named in the files.
- Officials said they identified more than 1 million additional records on Dec. 24 and expect many to be duplicates that still require processing and deduplication before release.
- Lawmakers and survivors are pressing for faster, less‑redacted disclosures, with Democrats discussing contempt proceedings and a potential special master as Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie criticize the pace and redaction choices.