Overview
- In a letter to a federal judge, officials reported 12,285 documents totaling about 125,000 pages have been published, representing under one percent of the material under review.
- The corpus expanded after more than one million additional potentially related records were identified on Christmas Eve.
- More than 400 Justice Department lawyers and at least 100 FBI analysts are assigned to the task, with work expected to continue for weeks.
- The DOJ says many files are copies or near‑duplicates, complicating screening under the Epstein Files Transparency Act’s disclosure requirements.
- Lawmakers are intensifying oversight, with sponsors Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie weighing sanctions or contempt over delays as Democrats allege the White House is shielding President Trump; the DOJ maintains redactions are required to protect victims.