DOJ works via holidays to evaluation Epstein recordsdata for public launch

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Officers with the Attorney General's Office stated Wednesday they're working relentlessly over the vacations to evaluation and redact troves of paperwork within the Epstein recordsdata, previous to their mandated public launch.

Deputy Legal professional Normal Todd Blanche launched a press release on X noting Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys from Foremost Justice, FBI, SDFL and SDNY are "working across the clock" via Christmas and New Years to evaluation paperwork, making certain delicate sufferer info is redacted from the upcoming launch.

"It really is an all-hands-on-deck method and we're asking as many attorneys as potential to commit their time to evaluation the paperwork that stay," Blanche wrote within the publish. "Required redactions to guard victims take time however they won't cease these supplies from being launched."

Blanche's replace comes amid current threats of authorized motion after the division missed the Epstein Information Transparency Act's Dec. 19 deadline to publish all of its paperwork associated to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein .

The Division of Justice launched a trove of Epstein paperwork on Dec. 19 following President Trump's signature on the Epstein Information Transparency Act in November. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan through Getty Pictures)

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He beforehand argued there was "well-settled regulation" supporting the missed deadline, as different authorized necessities within the invoice should be met previous to launch, together with redacting victim-identifying info.

"The Attorney General’s and this Administration’s goal is easy: transparency and defending victims," Blanche wrote Wednesday.

The Epstein Information Transparency Act, signed Nov. 19 by President Donald Trump , required the DOJ to withhold info that would determine potential victims or compromise ongoing investigations or litigation.

A view of the compound on Epstein's island within the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Home Committee on Oversight and Authorities Reform)

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It additionally allowed officers to exclude materials deemed sensitive to national defense or overseas coverage.

Whereas it stays unclear what number of recordsdata nonetheless have to be reviewed, the DOJ final week confirmed the FBI and the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace within the Southern District of New York not too long ago submitted greater than 1 million further pages of probably responsive paperwork associated to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell ’s intercourse trafficking instances.

Former President Invoice Clinton was seen in photographs with Jeffrey Epstein as a part of a DOJ Epstein recordsdata launch on Friday, Dec. 19. (Division of Justice)

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Officers stated the "mass quantity" of fabric may take weeks to look at, additional delaying their launch, which was promised by Blanche on a "rolling foundation," Fox Information Digital previously reported.

Fox Information Digital's Ashley Oliver contributed to this report.

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