Topline
The Justice Department released millions more documents related to financier Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, more than a month after the Trump administration’s deadline passed to release the Epstein files under federal law.
Ghislaine Maxwell’s mugshot was released as part of the Justice Department’s latest Epstein files release on Jan. 30.
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Key Facts
The DOJ will release approximately three million documents Friday, including 2,000 videos and 18,000 photos, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a press conference Friday.
The DOJ’s website began posting new documents during the press conference, part of the government’s requirement to release its full documents on Epstein under federal law.
The files released Friday include a number of documents related to Maxwell and associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s times in prison, including booking details for Maxwell, the socialite’s mugshot and psychological reports regarding Epstein, according to the BBC, along with a number of documents that are entirely redacted.
The Friday release comes more than a month after the government’s Dec. 19 deadline to release the files under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Blanche denied the Trump administration had “covered up” any of the Epstein files by failing to release them sooner, pointing to the millions of pages the government had to review and arguing, “There’s not some tranche of super-secret documents that we’re withholding.”
The documents include materials from the government’s criminal investigations into Epstein and associate Ghislaine Maxwell, “multiple FBI investigations” and the government’s investigation into Epstein’s death, the DOJ said.
What Documents Are Not In Friday’s Release?
The Epstein files released Friday do not include duplicate documents, materials shielded by attorney-client privilege, items that are “completely unrelated” to the cases against Epstein and Maxwell and documents that are allowed to be withheld under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the DOJ said Friday. The law allows the DOJ to withhold materials that are classified, depict violence, would identify victims or could compromise ongoing federal investigations.
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