DOJ Posts Epstein Files on Website

The Department of Justice posted documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act on its website Friday afternoon.

Friday at midnight was the deadline set by the statute signed into law by President Donald Trump last month, after mounting pressure — including from his fellow Republicans — to release the files related to deceased child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein.

The language of the statute said that the DOJ was required to “make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession of the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Attorneys’ Offices” for the listed files related to Epstein, his girlfriend and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and the investigations into their crimes and activities.

However, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admitted that the Trump administration would miss Friday’s deadline to release the files, telling Fox & Friends host Lawrence Jones that the DOJ would “release several hundred thousand documents today” and would then “release more documents over the next couple of weeks.”

The files are posted and available at this link:

https://www.justice.gov/epstein

Visitors to the website may experience a delay due to traffic; Mediaite saw the below message saying the site was “currently experiencing extremely high volume of search requests at this time” when accessing the site shortly after it went live.

Screenshot via justice.gov

The site includes a search function and then direct links to documents in the following categories: Court Records, DOJ Disclosures, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Records, and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Disclosures.

Under those categories, documents are posted as PDFs and often with substantial reductions, along with photo, audio, and video files.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, posted on his social media accounts about the files being posted, emphasizing that this was only “some” of the documents and “not a full release.”

“Looks like the DOJ just dropped some of the Epstein files,” wrote Garcia. “Our entire team has begun a major review. We will keep the American people updated – but it’s clear that this is not a full release. We will continue to provide updates.”

This is a breaking news story and has been updated.