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Trump Administration Misses Deadline To Release All Epstein Files

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The Trump administration failed Friday to meet a statutory deadline to release all government records tied to Jeffrey Epstein.

The Department of Justice faces an 11:59 p.m. Friday deadline to make the disclosures required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the statute President Donald Trump signed into law on Nov. 19. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Department of Justice has begun publishing Epstein-related materials under the Epstein Files Transparency Act but will continue producing additional records on a rolling basis as internal review proceeds and victim protections are applied.

Today, the Department of Justice publicly released materials related to Jeffrey Epstein under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Additional responsive materials will be produced as our review continues, consistent with the law and with protections for victims.…

— Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) December 19, 2025

Blanche said on “FOX and Friends” Friday that the administration expects to make public several hundred thousand Epstein-related records on the 30-day mark, spanning materials such as photographs, while carrying out a document-by-document review to shield victims’ identities.

“The most important thing that the AG has talked about, that Director Patel has talked about, is that we protect victims,” Blanche said. “We are looking at every single piece of paper that we are going to produce making sure that every victim, their name, their identity, their story to the extent it needs to be protected, is completely protected.”

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Public scrutiny on the Epstein files intensified after the DOJ and the Federal Bureau of Investigation closed their July review by determining that Epstein died by suicide while incarcerated and did not maintain a roster of clients, effectively shutting down the inquiry after Attorney General Pam Bondi previously said such records were under examination.

Trump at first resisted making the records public before reversing course and saying he had no reason to conceal anything. Ghislaine Maxwell, now serving a 20-year sentence, told Blanche that she never saw Trump engage in misconduct during his past association with Epstein.

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