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The “Epstein files” saga will spill into 2026, despite a deadline last week to release all of the records. Congress passed a law last month — with near-unanimous support — requiring the Justice Department to release all of its files about Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender who was accused... Epstein died by suicide in 2019. The so-called “Epstein files” are made of over 300 gigabytes of data, papers, videos, photographs and audio files that live within the FBI’s main electronic case management system and largely originate from the FBI’s... The new transparency law gave the Justice Department a December 19 deadline to release all the records related to Epstein. The department has since published hundreds of thousands of files over the past week to a landing page on the DOJ website, dubbed the “Epstein Library.”

The records included on the Justice Department website include court records, responses to public records requests, and documents previously released by the House Committee on Oversight and Government reform. Updated on: December 20, 2025 / 10:47 PM EST / CBS News At least 15 newly-released files have disappeared from the Justice Department's website containing documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, including one file that shows a photo of President Trump, CBS News has determined. CBS News downloaded the complete set of documents on Friday and compared it to what was available Saturday. The Department of Justice has not responded to a request for comment about the discrepancy, and it's unclear why the files are missing a day after they were initially released. However, in a social media post to its X account Saturday night that seemed to touch on the issue, the DOJ wrote: "Photos and other materials will continue being reviewed and redacted consistent with...

The Department of Justice began releasing its files on Friday on the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Many documents, which include interview transcripts and call logs, have been heavily redacted. The Justice Department has released files relating to the life, death and criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein - well, at least some of them. The law signed by President Trump last month had directed the DOJ to turn over the documents by Friday. NPR's Stephen Fowler has been reviewing the files and joins us. Stephen, thanks for being with us.

FOWLER: Well, on the surface, it sure looked like a lot. Justice.gov/epstein went live around 4 p.m. And there was a queue you had to wait in before accessing the page. The Epstein library contained well over 100,000 pages of court records, Freedom of Information Act files, memoranda from the Justice Department and videos from outside Epstein's federal prison cell, where he died by suicide... SIMON: Feels like there's more to the story. FOWLER: Well, yeah.

It's not all the files. And in the grand scheme of what was released, there aren't that many things that are actually new, Scott. Notably, there aren't many mentions of the president in this latest release. He was a longtime friend of Epstein before they had a falling out and has appeared in previously released files. Eighty percent of it comes from public court records from more than 50 cases against Epstein, his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell and others. There's about 4,000 files, 8,500 pages, that fall under this new Transparency Act.

Most of those are photos of Epstein's estate and his travels with people like former President Bill Clinton, among others. And there's this previously undisclosed FBI report from 1996 - 30 years ago - that accused Epstein of child pornography crimes and allegedly threatened to burn the accuser's house down if she told anyone... Even then, there are hundreds of pages, just straight-up redacted black boxes all over things like grand jury information that do leave a lot of questions. Want a refresher on the battle over the Epstein files? Here's how President Donald Trump factors in, a look at Jeffrey Epstein's private islands, plus what we know about Epstein's death in jail. The Justice Department released tens of thousands of records Friday on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, though many of the files are heavily redacted and the agency failed to meet a legal deadline to...

A person whose face has been redacted sits with her arm around former President Bill Clinton on a plane. This undated photo was among the thousands of records on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the Justice Department on Friday. The material comes after a yearlong bipartisan push for the government to release its files on the Epstein investigation. Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson both initially sought to block or delay the effort. But Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif, and Republican Rep.

Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who authored the Epstein Files Transparency Act, used a procedural move called a discharge petition to force a vote on the bill on the House floor. The law, which Trump signed in mid-November, requires the Department of Justice to release publicly "all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession" of the DOJ, FBI and U.S. attorney's offices within 30 days — or Dec. 19. The files, many heavily redacted, include photographs, contact lists, flight logs, business records and memos, court documents and more. Thousands of files relating to criminal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein have been released - featuring Andrew at Sandringham.

But critics say the release doesn't comply with the law, and there is more to come. Follow live as we find out what's in the new release. The US justice department released files relating to criminal investigations into the deceased paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein last night at around 9pm UK time. If you're just joining - or want to catch up on the newly-released material - we've pulled some pictures together for you to go through in one scroll. Famous faces have been pictured alongside Epstein, with other images also showing handwritten notes and a scrapbook. They range from a painting of Bill Clinton in a dress, to Epstein posing with famous names like Michael Jackson.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. And that concludes our live coverage of today’s publication of the Epstein files, on a dramatic day that has seen only a limited release of photographs and documents. Democrats and Republicans are now threatening to impeach or prosecute Donald Trump’s Attorney-General, Pam Bondi, over the partial release of the files, which have also been heavily redacted. Victims of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein are disappointed, with one saying redactions were obviously made to protect the rich and powerful men who had witnessed or taken part in Epstein’s crimes. One released document, however, has confirmed that the FBI received a complaint about Epstein’s predilection for child pornography nearly a decade before he was properly investigated for child sex offences.

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