{"id":329588,"date":"2026-01-06T03:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T08:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/epstein-files-2-million-records-in-various-stages-of-review-doj-says"},"modified":"2026-01-06T03:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T08:40:04","slug":"epstein-files-2-million-records-in-various-stages-of-review-doj-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/epstein-files-2-million-records-in-various-stages-of-review-doj-says","title":{"rendered":"Epstein recordsdata: 2 million data in varied levels of assessment, DOJ says"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Department of Justice said in a\u00a0new court filing<\/a> Monday night\u00a0that there are more than 2 million documents \u201cpotentially responsive\u201d to the Epstein Files Transparency Act that are presently in various phases of review.<\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors said that \u201cin the next few weeks ahead\u201d about 400 department attorneys in Washington, D.C., New York and Florida \u201cwill dedicate all or a substantial portion of their workday to the Department\u2019s efforts to comply with the Act.\u201d<\/p>\n

The effort will tap DOJ lawyers from the Criminal and National Security Divisions and will also include assistance from more than 100 FBI analysts experienced with handling sensitive victim materials, according to the letter from Jay Clayton, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of the attorneys dedicated to this review from the Department have experience in victim-privacy related matters, which is necessary given the nature of the materials and the types of documents that require careful redaction,\u201d Clayton wrote. \u201cWhile the commitment of Department personnel to this effort has been substantial in breadth and impressive in effort, substantial work remains to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FILE – Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York on July 2, 2020.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The letter does not indicate a total page count for the millions of records under review and provides no specific time frame for when the DOJ expects to complete the work or when to expect its next public disclosure. The deadline set by Congress for the release of all the Epstein-related investigative files was Dec. 19. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Thus far, the DOJ says it has posted to its \u201cDOJ Epstein Library\u201d 12,285 documents totaling about 125,000 pages. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The filing from the DOJ follows\u00a0ABC News<\/a>‘ reporting last week that the DOJ had recently identified over 5 million records that may be subject to disclosure under the law. \u00a0<\/p>\n

In a footnote to the court filing Monday, the DOJ indicates that it expects that a \u201cmeaningful portion\u201d of about 1 million newly identified FBI records may be duplicative of others already collected by the DOJ for review, but those documents \u201cnonetheless still need to undergo a process of processing and deduplication.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clayton\u2019s Monday letter also notes that the DOJ has received \u201cdozens\u201d of inquiries from alleged victims and their representatives requesting that materials already posted to the DOJ\u2019s website be further redacted to protect the privacy interests of the victims.<\/p>\n

The DOJ will be modifying its procedures going forward \u201cto better ensure the protection of victim identifying information,\u201d according to the court filing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department remains committed to providing as much protection to the privacy interests of victims and their relatives as is practicable,” the letter states.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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