The Justice Division mentioned Wednesday that it is acquired a brand new tranche of information — greater than 1 million paperwork — “probably” associated to Jeffrey Epstein’s case, requiring extra time to course of them earlier than launch.
The DOJ mentioned it “might take just a few extra weeks” to evaluation the recordsdata produced by the FBI and the U.S. lawyer for the Southern District of New York.
“The US Legal professional for the Southern District of New York and the FBI have knowledgeable the Division of Justice that they’ve uncovered over 1,000,000 extra paperwork probably associated to the Jeffrey Epstein case,” the Justice Division mentioned on its X account Wednesday afternoon.
“The DOJ has acquired these paperwork from SDNY and the FBI to evaluation them for launch, in compliance with the Epstein Information Transparency Act, current statutes, and judicial orders. Now we have attorneys working across the clock to evaluation and make the legally required redactions to guard victims, and we’ll launch the paperwork as quickly as potential. As a result of mass quantity of fabric, this course of might take just a few extra weeks.”
The Justice Division publicly launched hundreds of pages of Epstein recordsdata on Friday, the statutory deadline for releasing all the recordsdata as outlined within the Epstein Information Transparency Act that was handed by Congress and signed into legislation by President Donald Trump final month.
After the preliminary batch final week, Justice Division officers mentioned they wanted extra time to evaluation the recordsdata they’ve readily available and redact textual content and pictures associated to Epstein’s victims.
Democrats within the Home of Consultant launched 19 photos, together with pictures of Jeffrey Epstein with presidents Trump and Clinton, Ghislaine Maxwell, billionaire Invoice Gates, movie director Woody Allen and conservative firebrand Steve Bannon. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst experiences.
