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DOJ says it still has more than 2 million Epstein documents to review.
Summary
The Department of Justice told a federal judge it still has over two million documents related to Jeffrey Epstein awaiting review, weeks after a statutory deadline; the DOJ has released 12,285 documents so far and has assigned staff to continue the review.
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The Department of Justice informed a federal judge that it still has more than two million documents related to Jeffrey Epstein to review. This notice came weeks after the deadline set by the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The DOJ has already released a tranche of documents and said staff remain at work to examine the remainder.
Known details:
- The DOJ told Judge Paul A. Engelmayer it has "more than 2 million documents potentially responsive to the act" that are in various phases of review.
- To date the department has released 12,285 documents, totaling 125,575 pages, related to Epstein.
- Officials said the DOJ recently identified about another one million documents that will need processing and deduplication.
- The department has assigned hundreds of personnel, including over 400 DOJ attorneys and about 100 FBI analysts, to continue review work in the coming weeks.
Summary:
The disclosure means substantial review work is still under way and public access to the full set of records remains limited. Officials report continued staffing and review efforts to complete the production. Undetermined at this time.
Sources
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The Guardian1/8/2026, 11:03:40 PMOpen source →
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The Independent1/6/2026, 11:19:24 AMOpen source →
