Justice Department Releases More Than 3 Million Pages of Epstein Files

The Justice Department on Friday released more than 3 million additional pages of records on Jeffrey Epstein, along with more than 2,000 videos and about 180,000 images, saying the publication brings it into compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which President Trump signed on Nov. 19, 2025. With earlier releases, the total published is nearly 3.5 million pages, the department said in a statement.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the release at a news conference. The department had identified more than 6 million potentially responsive pages, CBS News reported. More than 500 attorneys and reviewers worked on the material, the department said. Its statement says the files come from the Florida and New York cases against Epstein, the New York case against Ghislaine Maxwell, investigations into Epstein’s death, and multiple FBI inquiries.

The department explained what was held back: duplicates, privileged material, depictions of violence, which the law excludes, and items unrelated to the Epstein or Maxwell cases. It said redactions were to be limited to protecting victims and their relatives, and that “notable individuals and politicians were not redacted.” Blanche said every woman depicted in the images and videos was redacted except Maxwell, and that images of men were not redacted unless the redaction of a woman could not be done without covering them, CBS reported.

The department also added a caution. Because the release includes all public submissions to the FBI that fall within the law’s scope, it may contain fake or falsely submitted material, the department said. It said some documents contain “untrue and sensationalist claims” about President Trump that were submitted to the FBI shortly before the 2020 election, calling them unfounded and false. Blanche said the department was not trying to protect Trump, CBS reported. PBS later reported that Trump is mentioned thousands of times in the files, including in emails where people shared articles about him, and that the records show Epstein was friendly with Trump and former President Bill Clinton before his legal troubles. No publicly identified victim has accused either man of wrongdoing, and both have said they knew nothing of the abuse, PBS said.

Among the documents, according to CBS and PBS, are a draft indictment from the mid-2000s prosecutors never brought and communications between Epstein and public figures, including Britain’s Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, according to CBS.

Lawmakers pressed on the scope. Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, questioned why about 3.5 million pages were released when more than 6 million may be covered by the law, CBS reported. Rep. Robert Garcia, a Democrat, said the administration intends to withhold roughly 50% of the files, adding, “They are in violation of the law.” Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, asked the department to give lawmakers unredacted versions quickly so Congress can judge whether the redactions were lawful, PBS said.

Accusers also criticized the redactions. PBS reported that Epstein’s accusers wrote the files made victims easy to identify but not the people who may have helped Epstein, adding: “we should never be the ones named, scrutinized, and retraumatized.” The department acknowledged many duplicate records and that reviewers applied redactions inconsistently, so some names were exposed in one copy but hidden in another, PBS said. The Justice Department said a court order requires U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to certify that no victim-identifying information would be produced unredacted.

Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of sex trafficking and is serving a 20-year sentence, according to PBS. Prosecutors have never charged anyone else in connection with Epstein’s abuse.