(L-R) Ghislaine Maxwell, and Jeffrey Epstein during a enactment astatine the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000.
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The Department of Justice has 5.2 cardinal pages of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents near to reappraisal and it volition instrumentality weeks longer to implicit the effort, aggregate outlets reported.
About 400 lawyers are being enlisted from aggregate authorities divisions to pore implicit those records, The New York Times archetypal reported precocious Tuesday, citing people acquainted with the matter.
The reappraisal of the staggering fig of files volition instrumentality until astatine slightest Jan. 20 to complete, the Times reported. A authorities papers reported by Reuters connected Wednesday greeting said that the process of reviewing the remaining records volition instrumentality spot betwixt Jan. 5 and Jan. 23.
CNBC has not independently verified the reporting. The DOJ and the White House did not instantly respond to CNBC's requests for comment.
The updated timeline is apt to gully much disapproval from lawmakers who person already accused the Trump medication of flouting a statutory deadline to merchandise its files connected Epstein, the notorious precocious enactment offender.
While it was unclear however galore full records would beryllium disclosed, the latest reported fig is overmuch larger than antecedently indicated, and appears to further undermine a July memo claiming the DOJ conducted "an exhaustive review" of its files connected Epstein.
Newly-released documents from disgraced precocious financier and enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein, including a sheaf of wholly redacted pages, are seen successful this handouts released by the U.S. Justice Department and printed and arranged for a photograph by Reuters successful Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025.
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President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan measure successful mid-November requiring the authorities to publically merchandise unclassified records from its investigations into Epstein by Dec. 19.
The DOJ released thousands of records connected that date, but Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche indicated that much would beryllium doled retired implicit the "next mates weeks."
"I expect respective 100 1000 more," Blanche said astatine the time.
On Christmas Eve, the DOJ revealed that much than a cardinal further documents perchance related to Epstein had been "uncovered" and that it would instrumentality "a fewer much weeks" to merchandise them.
The papers cited by Reuters connected Wednesday said that the 400 further lawyers are being provided by the DOJ's Criminal Division and National Security Division, arsenic good arsenic the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's bureau successful Manhattan.
The FBI declined to comment. The different divisions and the Manhattan bureau did not instantly respond to CNBC's outreach.
Lawyers progressive volition beryllium expected to reappraisal up to 1,000 documents per time implicit 3 to 5 hours, and volunteers are being offered incentives including clip disconnected awards and telework options, the papers reportedly said.
After releasing its archetypal batch of files, the DOJ rapidly drew accusations of failing to nutrient the required files and of redacting much accusation than was legally mandated.
The section said it "is not redacting the names of immoderate politicians" and maintains that it is afloat complying with national law. Democrats person nevertheless signaled they volition instrumentality ineligible enactment against the medication implicit the alleged violations.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., accused the medication of carrying retired a "cover up to support Donald Trump," a erstwhile person of Epstein's who has often griped astir the nationalist absorption connected the files.
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