Overview
- The DOJ posted roughly 11,000 links totaling about 30,000 pages, including videos and 2019 jail surveillance materials, with many links leading to no accessible files.
- In a public statement, the department said some newly posted documents contain false and sensationalist allegations against President Donald Trump submitted to the FBI just before the 2020 election.
- The files include multiple references to Trump, such as an internal 2020 prosecutor email saying flight logs show at least eight trips on Epstein’s jet in the 1990s, photos with Ghislaine Maxwell, and a handwritten letter attributed to Epstein about Larry Nassar that the FBI flagged for handwriting analysis.
- Survivors condemned what they called anomalous and extreme redactions and the absence of key financial records, saying the piecemeal release and lack of communication undermine the law’s intent.
- Bipartisan lawmakers accused the DOJ of withholding material and threatened legal action, while department officials defended redactions as necessary to protect the identities of more than 1,000 victims.