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U.S. authorities have discovered more than a million additional documents potentially linked to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein that they plan to release in the coming days and weeks, officials say.
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the FBI notified the Department of Justice (DoJ) of the discovery and released the documents to attorneys for review.
“We have attorneys working around the clock to review and make legally required redactions to protect victims, and we will release the documents as soon as possible,” the DoJ said on social media on Wednesday.
The ministry said that given the volume of material, the process could take “a few additional weeks.”
The agency said it would “continue to fully comply with federal law and President Trump’s instructions to release the records.”
The statement did not specify how the FBI and New York prosecutors discovered this additional material.
The news comes after the Justice Department last week released thousands of documents — some heavily redacted — related to its investigations into Epstein.
The files were made public after Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act – signed into law by US President Donald Trump – which directed the agency to share all documents with the public while protecting victims’ identities.
Many of the documents released last week had names and other information blacked out, including the names of people the FBI appears to name as possible co-conspirators in the Epstein case.
The Justice Department has faced criticism from lawmakers on both sides over the number of redactions, which the law allows only to protect victims’ identities and conduct active criminal investigations.
The law passed by Congress and signed last month by Trump states that names and information that could be embarrassing or cause “reputational harm” cannot be redacted.
It specifically asks the DoJ for internal communications and memos detailing who was investigated and decisions on “whether to charge, not charge, investigate, or decline to investigate Epstein or his associates.”
The first release of documents included emails appearing to have been exchanged between FBI personnel in 2019 that mentioned 10 possible Epstein “co-conspirators.”
The emails indicated that six members of the group had been subpoenaed. This included three in Florida, one in Boston, one in New York and one in Connecticut.
Potential accomplices in Epstein’s crimes are a major concern for his victims and for several lawmakers who have demanded more transparency from the Justice Department.
