The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it plans on releasing millions of pages of documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Todd Blanche, the U.S. Deputy Attorney General, said the more than three million pages of documents to be released will also include more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.
The files, which will be made available on the Justice Department’s website , include some of the several million pages of records that were withheld from its initial release in December 2025, officials said.
Files release ensures transparency, says Blanche
The release of the files was fuelled by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a law that forces the U.S. government to open its files on convicted sex offender Epstein and his partner-in-crime, Ghislaine Maxwell. The law was enacted after months of public and political pressure to release the files.
Blanche said Friday’s release of the files “marks the end of a very comprehensive document identification and review process to ensure transparency to the American people and compliance with the act.”
The Deputy Attorney General emphasized that releasing the files does not protect U.S. President Donald Trump, who had ties to Epstein.
“We did not protect President Trump. We didn’t protect — or not protect — anybody,” said Blanche.
Some items withheld
Blanche said there was material withheld from Friday’s release as the information could jeopardize ongoing investigations or expose victims’ identities.
Besides Maxwell, all women featured in the files have been redacted from pictures and video in Friday’s release.
The Justice Department has noted the number of documents to review in the Epstein files has grown to roughly six million, which includes duplicates.
Wow. In the Epstein emails DOJ dropped, Jeffrey sent himself emails memorializing a fight he had with Bill Gates. In it he says that Bill Gates got STD’s from Russian hookers, and then asked Jeffrey for antibiotics that Bill could secretly give to Melinda without her noticing. 😳 pic.twitter.com/XNA0vNWTcI
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) January 30, 2026
Tens of thousands of documents from the Epstein files were released before Christmas, much of it was either already publicly available or heavily redacted.
The last release also included transcripts of grand jury testimony from FBI agents who had interviewed girls and young women who performed sexual acts for Epstein.
In August 2019, Epstein killed himself in a New York jail cell, just after he was indicted on federal sex trafficking charges.
In 2021, Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking. She is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence in Texas.
