"The US justice department is believed to be reviewing more than 5m pages of documents relating to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein an effort that is drawing resources away from existing cases, according to the New York Times. The figure represents a significant expansion on earlier estimates, which drew on calculations based on 300 gigabytes of data, papers, videos, photographs and audio files held within FBI archives that relate to investigations in Florida and New York."
"In addition to the large number of documents that justice department prosecutors are still reviewing prior to public release, the department is looking to enlist about 400 lawyers to help in the review, according to the New York Times report. Justice department officials told the paper that the effort to work through the voluminous records was drawing in prosecutors who worked on national security and criminal cases, as well as US attorneys' offices in New York and Florida."
The Justice Department is reviewing more than 5 million pages of materials related to Jeffrey Epstein, greatly expanding earlier estimates based on 300 gigabytes of files. The review includes data, papers, videos, photographs and audio from FBI archives tied to Florida and New York investigations. The department plans to enlist roughly 400 lawyers to assist with review and redactions. Prosecutors from national security and criminal divisions and US attorneys' offices in New York and Florida are being drawn into the effort. The review is expected to extend past the original December deadline into at least 20 January, with processing of over a million additional documents likely taking more weeks. The department states it is working to make legally required redactions to protect victims while complying with statutes and orders.
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