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The Justice Department on Monday mentioned it has released 12,285 documents – less than 1% – of its Jeffrey Epstein-related files, with more than 2 million documents still being reviewed.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche informed a federal decide in a Monday court filing that “substantial work remains to be done.”
Looking to replace the courtroom on their progress, they informed Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York that the 12,285 documents the division has already released comprise roughly 125,575 pages.
“There are more than 2 million documents potentially responsive to the Act that are in various phases of review,” they added.
It comes after Congress handed a regulation in November – with near-unanimous help – giving the Justice Department a December 19, 2025, deadline to release all of its files about Epstein, the convicted intercourse offender who was accused of abusing dozens of underage girls. Epstein died by suicide in 2019.
The files are made up of papers, movies, pictures and audio files that stay inside the FBI’s major digital case administration system and largely originate from the FBI’s two main investigations into Epstein, in Florida and New York, spanning a long time. A July 2025 FBI memo mentioned that the division had uncovered “more than 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence” throughout a assessment of the investigative supplies.
“This work has required and will continue to require substantial Department resources,” the Justice Department wrote to the decide within the Monday courtroom submitting.
“We noted in our prior letter the hundreds of attorneys dedicated to the review at the time of that letter. Currently, and anticipated for the next few weeks ahead, in the range of over 400 lawyers across the Department will dedicate all or a substantial portion of their workday to the Department’s efforts to comply with the Act.”
Trump appointees on the Justice Department have mentioned they’re performing in good religion to launch as a lot materials as quick as attainable, whereas additionally going via the painstaking work of reviewing each file to ensure victims’ identifies are shielded, as required by the regulation.
In a letter to Congress released on December 19, Blanche mentioned the division was working “diligently” to satisfy the deadline however that the “volume of materials” meant it “must publicly produce responsive documents on a rolling basis.”
The Justice Department introduced in late December that there have been more than a million more newly discovered documents probably associated to Epstein – and that they might take “weeks” to assessment and launch them.
And as NCS previously reported, the Justice Department’s management additionally requested profession prosecutors in Florida to volunteer over the the vacations to assist redact the documents.