US releases over 3 million pages of Jeffrey Epstein investigation records

2026-01-31 - 07:35

The U.S. Justice Department released more than 3 million pages of records related to its investigation into financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the disclosure includes over 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, produced in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law last year. Compliance with Transparency Act Blanche stated the Trump administration has provided roughly 3.5 million pages to meet the act’s requirement that all unclassified material tied to the Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell investigations be disclosed by December 19. Significant redactions were applied to protect survivors; every woman depicted in images or videos—except Maxwell—was redacted, and men were obscured only when necessary to safeguard women’s identities. Background and Legal Context Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges and died in jail that year. His associate Ghislaine Maxwell was later convicted for her role in facilitating his abuses. The release aims to provide transparency while balancing victim privacy, amid ongoing public and legal scrutiny of how the case was handled.