Washington — The Justice Division stated Wednesday that it was knowledgeable by the U.S. lawyer for the Southern District of New York and the FBI that “they’ve uncovered over one million extra paperwork probably associated to the Jeffrey Epstein case.”
In a publish on X, the Justice Division stated it had acquired the paperwork for evaluate, noting that the method of releasing the recordsdata might take “a number of extra weeks” as a result of quantity of supplies.
“We’ve got attorneys working across the clock to evaluate and make the legally required redactions to guard victims, and we are going to launch the paperwork as quickly as doable,” the Justice Division stated.
DOJ stated it can “proceed to totally adjust to federal legislation and President Trump’s path to launch the recordsdata.” It didn’t say when it was knowledgeable of the brand new paperwork.
The Epstein Recordsdata Transparency Act, which Congress authorised and the president signed into legislation final month, set a Dec. 19 deadline for the Justice Division to launch all of the unclassified supplies it has associated to the late intercourse offender and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell. The legislation makes exceptions for safeguarding survivors’ private info and different slender classes.
The Justice Division launched an preliminary tranche of paperwork on the day of the deadline, and Deputy Legal professional Basic Todd Blanche stated the remaining paperwork can be launched on a rolling foundation. On Tuesday, the Justice Division launched one other big batch of paperwork, together with greater than 11,000 recordsdata totaling almost 30,000 pages.
The recordsdata launched up to now embody 1000’s of pictures, court docket information, grand jury transcripts, FBI and DOJ paperwork, emails, information clippings, movies and different information.
