Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: The U.S. Justice Department began releasing millions of records linked to the investigations and prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, saying it had completed an unprecedented review ordered under a new transparency law signed by President Donald Trump. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters that the department was producing more than three million pages of material, including over 2,000 videos and about 180,000 images, as part of its compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law on November 19, 2025.
“In total, that means that the department produced approximately 3.5 million pages in compliance with the act,” Blanche said at a news conference at the Justice Department.
Blanche said the review effort involved more than 500 lawyers and professionals across multiple divisions, including the FBI and several U.S. attorney’s offices. He said teams met “twice daily, sometimes more,” for nearly 75 days to complete the work.
The department initially identified more than six million pages as potentially responsive, Blanche said, but released fewer records after applying legal and privacy standards. “We erred on the side of over-collecting,” he said, adding that the final production was smaller because of required exclusions.
Blanche said the released material includes documents, emails, interview summaries, images and videos gathered during the Epstein and Maxwell investigations. He said many of the videos and images include commercial pornography or material seized from Epstein’s devices that he did not create.
The department withheld categories of records permitted under the law, Blanche said. These include files containing victims’ personal or medical information, any depiction of child sexual abuse material, records that could jeopardize active investigations, and images of death or physical abuse.
