The Justice Division on Monday launched extra paperwork from its recordsdata on the convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Following a congressional mandate to launch all of its Epstein recordsdata by Friday, the Justice Division on Friday launched thousands of documents — starting from investigative materials to photographs taken by Epstein and his pals — however mentioned it was unable to totally launch all of the recordsdata by the deadline as a result of vetting course of required to guard Epstein’s victims.
A bunch of alleged Epstein victims on Monday accused the Justice Division of missteps, together with violations of the legislation, in releasing what they mentioned was “a fraction of the recordsdata,” which had been “riddled with irregular and excessive redactions with no rationalization” whereas “quite a few sufferer identities had been left unredacted, inflicting actual and speedy hurt.”
Epstein, the rich financier and convicted intercourse offender, died by suicide in a New York jail in 2019.
Jeffrey Epstein is seen on this picture launched by the Division of Justice in Washington, December 19, 2025
U.S. Justice Division
The Epstein Transparency Act, handed final month by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump following blowback the administration received from MAGA supporters looking for the discharge of the supplies, comprises exemptions to guard victims’ identities, in addition to exemptions for information that “would jeopardize an energetic federal investigation or ongoing prosecution, offered that such withholding is narrowly tailor-made and short-term.”
