Massive US DOJ review of 5.2 million Epstein pages underway, latest filing reveals

The U.S. Justice Department has revealed that it is under intense pressure to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. 

This follows the discovery of 5.2 million pages remaining for review, which requires 400 lawyers from four different departments to assist with the process through late January.

The document stated that there is a possibility the release will be deferred until much later than expected, following the December 19 deadline set by Congress.

According to Reuters, the Trump administration ordered the Justice Department to release files linked to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender who was a known associate of President Donald Trump.

The document further stated that the department leaders are offering telework options and compensatory time as incentives for volunteers to assist with the review process through late January.

The assisting lawyers will be expected to dedicate at least three to five hours daily to reviewing approximately 1,000 documents each.

This follows the DOJ’s confirmation last week that it had uncovered more than a million documents potentially linked to Epstein.

The disclosures have been readily redacted, frustrating some Republicans and failing to quell a scandal that threatens the party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Trump was socially acquainted with Epstein in the 1990s and early 2000s, but their association ended in the mid-2000s; he has maintained that he was never aware of the financier’s sexual abuse.

The Justice Department charged him with sex trafficking in 2019, after Epstein had been convicted in Florida in 2008 of soliciting a person under the age 18 for prostitution.

Epstein was found dead in a New York jail, and his death was ruled a suicide.

Nonetheless, they will miss the primary legal deadline for the complete release of these records due to the overwhelming volume of material.