How to View the Newly Released Epstein Files

The Department of Justice (DOJ) released thousands more files in connection with the investigations into sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein on FridayDec. 19.

On Nov. 19President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Actwhich requires the DOJ to make all documents related to the investigations publicly available and searchable. The bill was approved unanimously in the Senateand it passed 427-1 in the House.

The files can be accessed on the DOJ websiteon a page titled "Epstein Library." The accessible files include five categories: Court Records; DOJ DisclosuresIncluding Disclosures Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act; Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Disclosures.

The DOJ's latest disclosure of files is comprised of five different data setscontaining roughly 3,900 files.

The newest batch of files includes a wide range of documents and photosincluding a full scanned copy of the book Massage for Dummiesa fully redacted 119-page grand jury filing and a police report in which a young woman alleges that Epstein threatened to burn down her house.

The DOJ stated in a privacy notice that “all reasonable efforts have been made to review and redact personal information pertaining to victimsother private individualsand protect sensitive materials from disclosure.”

“That saidbecause of the volume of information involvedthis website may nevertheless contain information that inadvertently includes non-public personally identifiable information or other sensitive contentto include matters of a sexual nature,” the statement said.

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While the agency released files on Dec. 19Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that the agency would not be able to release the Epstein files in fulldespite the Act's requirement that all files be released within 30 days.

In a post to his X accountBlanche said that the DOJ needed more time to complete redactions in the hundreds of thousands of pages of documents related to Epstein's investigation.

"Additional responsive materials will be produced as our review continuesconsistent with the law and with protections for victims," Blanche wrote.

Blanche said in an interview with Fox News that his office expects to release "several hundred thousand more" documents related to the Epstein investigation "in the next couple weeks," The Hill reported.

These fileswhich were released without contextwere collected as part of the investigations into Epstein's crimes before he died by suicide in jail in 2019.

The files include images of Epstein with co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell and othersincluding Trumpformer president Bill Clinton, former Prince Andrew, Michael Jackson and more high-profile figures.

In a statement posted on his X accountClinton's chief of staff Angel Ureña responded to the document release.

"The White House hasn't been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton," the statement claims in reference to the administration of President Donald Trumpwho is also seen in photos from the Epstein files. "This is about shielding themselves from what comes nextor from what they'll try and hide forever. So they can release as many grainy20-plus-year-old photos as they wantbut this isn't about Bill Clinton. Never hasnever will be."

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