Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell are seen in this image released by the Justice Department in Washington on December 19, 2025, as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender. The date and context are unclear.
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THE Ministry of Justice Friday, releases more than 3 million additional pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epsteinas well as more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, said Assistant Attorney General Todd Blanche.
This important release comes after weeks of criticism that the DOJ was not complying with the law’s requirements. federal law passed in November according to which all files linked to notorious sex offender Epstein be made public by December 19.
Blanche said Friday that the DOJ would not release the remainder of the more than 6 million total pages identified as potentially complying with the Epstein Transparency Act.
A group of Epstein victims in a statement blasted the DOJ for what it called its “incomplete” release of the records.
“This latest release of Jeffrey Epstein’s files is being sold as transparency, but in reality it is exposing survivors,” the group said in a statement obtained by MS Now.
“Once again, the names and identifying information of survivors are being revealed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. This is outrageous. As survivors, we should never be the ones who are named, scrutinized and re-traumatized while Epstein’s enablers continue to benefit from secrecy. It is a betrayal of the very people this process is intended to serve,” the statement said.
“The Department of Justice cannot claim that it is finished releasing the records until all legally required documents have been released and every perpetrator and accomplice has been fully exposed,” the victims said. “We need to hear directly from Attorney General Pam Bondi when she appears before the House Judiciary Committee on February 11. Survivors deserve answers and the public deserves the truth.
“It’s not over,” the women said. “We will not stop until the truth is fully revealed and all perpetrators are finally held accountable. As we have always said, this is not about politics. We hope that Democrats and Republicans will stand with survivors and continue to demand the full release of the Epstein files.”
Speaking at a news conference at DOJ headquarters in Washington, Blanche said more than 500 DOJ lawyers and other staff have spent the past 75 days reviewing potential documents related to Epstein and determining what must be disclosed under the law.
Assistant U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, January 30, 2026.
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“We are publishing over 3 million pages today, not the 6 million pages we collected,” Blanche said. “This means that the ministry has produced approximately 3.5 million pages in accordance with the law.”
He said no further documents would be released. Friday’s significant release comes weeks after the DOJ released a much smaller slice of Epstein-related documents on December 19.
“Today’s release marks the end of a very comprehensive process of documentation, identification and review of records intended to ensure transparency to the American people and compliance with the law,” Blanche said.
Some of the released documents concern Epstein’s convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for crimes related to recruiting underage girls for him to abuse. Epstein committed suicide in a New York federal prison in August 2019, weeks after being arrested on child sex trafficking charges.
Read more about CNBC’s politics coverageThe DOJ said any undisclosed documents fell into one of four categories: duplicate documents between investigations by federal prosecutors in New York and Florida; documents covered by attorney-client privilege and other privileges; depictions of violence and files containing personally identifiable information about victims; and material that was not part of the Epstein and Maxwell files.
“We respected the statute,” Blanche said Friday. “We followed the law. We did not protect President Trump or anyone.”
PresidentDonald Trump had been friends with Epstein for years before the two men fell out in the mid-2000s.
“We don’t keep any top-secret documents about Jeffrey Epstein,” Blanche said.
