Justice Department Releases Final Cache of Jeffrey Epstein Files

The U.S. Justice Department on Friday published a new and final cache of millions of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, under a law passed in November that required the release of all Epstein-related records.

Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, said at a press conference that Friday’s batch of files marked the end of the Trump administration’s planned releases under the law. The new cache includes more than 3 million pages, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images, he said.

The files include “extensive” redactions, he said, given the law’s exceptions permitting certain documents to be blacked out, including identifying information of victims or materials related to active investigations. Previous releases have been heavily redacted, drawing criticism from some lawmakers.

Blanche defended the slow pace of releases, saying that the voluminous files required hundreds of attorneys to work day and night for weeks to review and prepare them for public release. The law had set a deadline of Dec. 19, 2025, but officials said they needed more time to review the files.

President Donald Trump, who was friends with Epstein in the 1990s and early 2000s before they had a falling out years before Epstein’s first conviction, spent months resisting any release until both Democrats and Republicans in Congress advanced the law over his objections.

Trump has not been formally accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein, and he has denied any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes.

In a press release announcing Friday’s document production, the Justice Department wrote, “Some of the documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election. To be clear, the claims are unfounded and false, and if they have a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already.”

Epstein, a New York financier, was found hanged in his jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide.

Blanche expressed frustration with accusations that the Justice Department had declined to pursue associates of Epstein who may have participated in illegal activity.

“There’s this built-in assumption that somehow there’s this hidden tranche of information of men that we know about, that we’re covering up, or that we’re not, we’re choosing not to prosecute. That is not the case,” he said.

Former President Bill Clinton appeared in the batch of Epstein files released by the Justice Department in December. Clinton was featured in a photograph with Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell at the Epstein estate.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee last summer issued subpoenas to 10 individuals, including Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to testify about the crimes of Epstein.

Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., noted that Epstein claimed to have helped set up the Clinton Foundation, and that records show he helped raise money for the foundation. 

The committee, in a bipartisan vote, recently moved to advance contempt citations against the Clintons for their failure to testify in the investigation.

The Clintons published a letter explaining their refusal to testify, saying, “We have tried to give you the little information we have.” They also said the investigation was politicized.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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