Stunner: DOJ Finds A Million More Epstein Documents - Will Take 'Weeks' To Review

Stunner: DOJ Finds A Million More Epstein Documents - Will Take 'Weeks' To Review In a stunning development, the embattled Department of Justice chose Christmas Eve to announce it had discovered more than . Already in violation of a legislatively-mandated Dec 19 deadline to release all such files -- and facing demands for an audit of its handling of the process -- the DOJ says the enormous new tranche of documents a million more documents with potential links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will require "weeks" of additional work before they can be posted. “We have lawyers working around the clock to review and make the legally required redactions to protect victims, and we will release the documents as soon as possible,” the DOJ said. “Due to the mass volume of material, this process may take a few more weeks . The Department will continue to fully comply with federal law and President Trump’s direction to release the files.” The DOJ said the documents come from the Southern District of New York and the FBI. Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who's been the Capitol Hill's leading voice on Epstein-file declassification, indicated the staggering volume of newly-acknowledged documents gives new reason to question the lack of additional prosecutions beyond Epstein and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell: Today the DOJ claims the Epstein-Maxwell file exceeds 1.7 million documents. - Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) And they still expect you to believe this involves only two guilty people. December 25, 2025 Employing more pointed rhetoric, Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said the Trump administration is "openly engaged in a cover-up protecting Epstein's co-conspirators and the powerful men who abused women and girls." Also on Christmas Eve -- and before the million-document "discovery" was announced -- a group of 12 senators sent a letter to DOJ Acting Inspector General Don Berthiaume demanding an audit of the DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. Beyond pointing to the failure to meet the Dec. 19 deadline, the senators said the huge number of redactions in the released documents have raised "serious questions as to whether the Department is properly applying the limited exceptions for redaction that are permitted under the Act. Any withholding or redaction beyond those specified circumstances is against the law." Eleven of the 12 signatories were Democrats, with Alaska's Lisa Murkowski the only Republican. On Sunday, Massie and California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna said they were in discussions with other members of Congress about potentially holding Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt -- over the DOJ's failure to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act enacted in November. "We only need the House for inherent contempt," Khanna said on Meet the Press , "and we're building a bipartisan coalition, and it would fine Pam Bondi for every day that she's not releasing these documents ." Khanna also decried the volume of redactions in the files that have been released. "The redactions were excessive. And even Harvard Law professors...

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