Epstein recordsdata launched by DOJ, Blanche says
Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are seen on this picture launched by the Division of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 19, 2025 as a part of a brand new trove of paperwork from its investigations into the late financier and convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein. Date and context is unclear.
U.s. Justice Division | By way of Reuters
The Division of Justice on Friday is releasing greater than three million extra pages of paperwork associated to Jeffrey Epstein, together with greater than 2,000 movies and 180,000 photos, Deputy Lawyer Basic Todd Blanche mentioned.
The big launch comes after weeks of criticism that the DOJ was not complying with the requirement underneath federal regulation handed in November that every one recordsdata associated to the infamous intercourse offender Epstein be publicly launched by Dec. 19.
Blanche mentioned Friday the DOJ was not releasing the remainder of the greater than six million complete pages which were recognized as probably conscious of the Epstein Transparency Act.
Talking at a press convention at DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C., Blanche mentioned that greater than 500 DOJ attorneys and different personnel had spent the previous 75 days reviewing potential materials associated to Epstein and figuring out what wanted to be launched underneath the regulation.
Deputy U.S. Lawyer Basic Todd Blanche speaks throughout a press convention on the Justice Division in Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 30, 2026.
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“We’re releasing greater than three million pages at the moment, and never the six million pages that we collected,” Blanche mentioned. “That signifies that the division produced roughly three-and-a-half million pages in compliance with the act.”
He mentioned that no extra paperwork could be launched. The big launch on Friday comes weeks after DOJ launched a much-smaller tranche of Epstein-related paperwork on Dec. 19.
“Right this moment’s launch marks the top of a really complete documentation, doc identification and overview course of to make sure transparency to the American folks and compliance with the act,” Blanche mentioned.
Among the materials launched pertains to Epstein’s convicted confederate, Ghislaine Maxwell, who’s serving a 20-year federal jail sentence for crimes associated to procuring underage women for him to abuse. Epstein killed himself in a federal jail in New York Metropolis in August 2019, weeks after being arrested on little one intercourse trafficking costs.
The DOJ mentioned that any materials not being launched fell inside one among 4 classes: duplicate paperwork between investigations by federal prosecutors in New York and Florida; paperwork lined by attorney-client privilege and different privileges; depictions of violence and recordsdata that include personally identifiable details about victims; and objects that weren’t a part of the case recordsdata associated to Epstein and Maxwell.
“We complied with the statute,” Blanche mentioned Friday. “We complied with the act. We didn’t shield President Trump … or anyone.”
President Donald Trump had been mates with Epstein for years earlier than the 2 males had a falling out within the mid-2000s.
“There’s not some tranche of super-secret paperwork about Jeffrey Epstein that we’re withholding,” Blanche mentioned.
