Justice Department says it is still reviewing 2 million Epstein documents

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told a court Monday that the Justice Department is still reviewing over two million documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The update comes after the Justice Department failed to meet a Dec. 19 deadline from Congress to release all of its unclassified documents related to Epstein and his former associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

The department has already uploaded approximately 12,285 documents in response to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the officials told Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York, and over 125,000 files have been released.

"There are more than 2 million documents potentially responsive to the Act that are in various phases of review,” they wrote. “The goal of all these efforts is to facilitate the release of materials under the Act promptly and to continue to protect victim privacy to the maximum extent practicable as contemplated by the Act and consistent with Department policy and the Court’s Order."

The pair also noted that the effort has required "substantial department resources," with more than 400 lawyers within the DOJ working on reviewing the files in the coming weeks.

The department's review is primarily focused on identifying and manually reviewing documents and “making appropriate redactions” to protect victims' identities.

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