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The Justice Department shared on a public website Friday more than 300,000 pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein’s and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking cases.
The trove of documents was released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a law passed last month that imposed a 30-day deadline on the DOJ to release all unclassified material related to the cases.
The files came from the DOJ, the FBI, the Southern District of New York and other entities. They included redactions and reasons for the redactions.
The transparency bill gave the DOJ wide latitude to withhold information about victims and material that could jeopardize open investigations or litigation. The government could also leave out information “in the interest of national defense or foreign policy,” the bill said.
Because President Donald Trump signed the bill into law on Nov. 19, the statutory deadline for release is Dec. 19.
The DOJ is facing accusations that it missed the deadline after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said more files were forthcoming during an interview with Fox News on Friday morning. Blanche said he expected the government to upload “several hundred thousand more” pages in the coming couple weeks.
Jeffrey Epstein documents released by Justice Department
The DOJ release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Dec. 19. The Epstein files include emails and other materials, some of which cite high-profile figures, such as Bill Clinton and Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
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