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  •   Home > News > International

    Over 3 million more 'Epstein files' released by US government

    The US Department of Justice says it is releasing more than 3 million new documents from the "Epstein files".


    The US government has published a huge tranche of documents from the "Epstein files" weeks after missing a legal deadline for their release.

    US Deputy Attorney-General Todd Blanche said more than 3 million pages were being released.

    The new tranche of files also included more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, he said.

    It is the first release of documents related to sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell since late last year when thousands of files were published after Congress voted to force their release.

    The ABC is in the process of reviewing the files.

    Mr Blanche said the Department of Justice (DOJ) collected more than 6 million pages for potential release, but had "erred on the side of over-collecting" and not all would be released.

    "The number of responsive pages is significantly smaller than the number of pages initially collected," he said.

    Democrats said they were not confident the department was releasing everything it should under the law.

    "I will be reviewing closely to see if they release what I've been pushing for," said Democratic congressman Ro Khanna, who sponsored the legislation to release the files.

    Mr Blanche said files that were withheld included those containing victims' personal details, child abuse material, information that could jeopardise active investigations, and depictions of death and physical abuse. 

    Other files were not released because they were subject to legal privilege, he said.

    "There is extensive redactions to images and videos," Mr Blanche said at a media conference.

    "To protect victims, we redacted every woman depicted in any image or video, with the exception of Ms Maxwell.

    "We did not redact images of any men unless it was impossible to redact the woman without redacting the man."

    The DOJ had been given until December 19 to release the files in full with limited redactions permitted.

    The Trump administration argued it was an impossible deadline given the need to review the millions of documents before publication.

    However, thousand of files were published late last year, including court records, police reports, emails, voicemail messages, flight logs and photos of Epstein and many of his well-known associates, often pictured with young woman.

    The DOJ said they also contained "untrue and sensationalist" claims about US President Donald Trump, but were released anyway to comply with the law.

    Mr Trump had long resisted public pressure to release the files, arguing they were a Democratic Party "hoax" and branding some of his supporters "stupid" and "weaklings" for campaigning for their publication.

    But he changed his position as members of Congress signalled they would vote for their release.

    On Christmas Eve the DOJ said a million additional documents had been found and would further delay the files' release.

    Mr Blanche said more than 500 lawyers and other professionals had reviewed the newly released files.

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