"According to the terms of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was passed into law in November, "all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials" were required to be released by December 19. Critics allege the DOJ is in violation of that law due to the incredibly slow rollout of files. The law also requires redactions to be made in order to protect the identity of victims. DOJ officials have maintained that the holdup is the result of ensuring those redactions are carried out."
"But victims have noted the DOJ's failures, stating that there are numerous examples of unnecessary redactions, while the department has also failed at ensuring identities are concealed. "The public received a fraction of the files, and what we received was riddled with abnormal and extreme redactions with no explanation," a letter from 19 victims to the department said last month."
The Department of Justice reported releasing 12,285 documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, representing less than 1 percent of its total files. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed in November, required all unclassified records and investigative materials to be released by December 19 and mandates redactions to protect victim identities. DOJ officials cite the need to perform redactions as the reason for slow release. Victims reported numerous unnecessary redactions and failures to conceal identities, with a letter from 19 victims calling the released records a fraction of the files and describing extreme, unexplained redactions. DOJ submitted a five-page update acknowledging delays.
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