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The Department of Justice released over 3 million additional pages, 180,000 images, and 2,000 videos of Epstein-related materials, bringing the total public release to approximately 3.5 million pages. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche declared the release marked "the end of a very comprehensive document review process" and claimed full compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. More than 500 attorneys and reviewers contributed to the effort.
However, DOJ acknowledged identifying over 6 million potentially responsive pages total, meaning nearly 3 million pages were withheld—including 200,000 pages due to legal privileges and others for containing child sexual abuse material or victim-identifying information. Representative Ro Khanna, co-author of the Act, disputed the compliance claim: "The DOJ said it identified over 6 million potentially responsive pages but is releasing only about 3.5 million after review and redactions. This raises questions as to why the rest are being withheld."
The release immediately drew criticism for both over-redaction of powerful individuals and catastrophic under-redaction of survivors. The Wall Street Journal found at least 43 victims' full names exposed, some appearing over 100 times with home addresses visible in keyword searches. After the New York Times notified DOJ, dozens of unredacted nude images showing young women or possibly teenagers with visible faces were removed. Survivors issued a statement calling the release "outrageous," stating "survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected."