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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), under the Epstein Files Transparency Act (signed into law by President Trump on November 19, 2025), was required to release all relevant unclassified records related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The DOJ identified approximately 6 million potentially responsive pages in total.
On January 30, 2026, the DOJ released a major tranche: over 3 million additional pages of documents, plus more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.
Combined with earlier (smaller) releases, this brought the total publicly released to nearly 3.5 million pages.
The DOJ and Attorney General Pam Bondi have stated that this fulfills the Act's requirements, describing it as full compliance (e.g., in a February 2026 letter to Congress and public announcements). They have indicated no further releases are planned, with redactions applied for victim privacy, personal information, or other legal reasons.
However, critics—including some Democratic lawmakers like Rep. Ro Khanna, Rep. Jamie Raskin, and others—have argued that roughly half (or about 2.5 million pages) remain withheld or redacted excessively. They point to:
The DOJ's own acknowledgment of ~6 million total pages.
Claims of over-redaction to protect powerful figures (e.g., inconsistent redactions, some later un-redacted under pressure).
Accusations of noncompliance or a "cover-up," with calls for more transparency or congressional access to unredacted versions.
Media reports (from sources like Al Jazeera, The New York Times, NPR, BBC, and Wikipedia summaries) reflect this split: the DOJ says it's complete at ~3.5 million pages, but others describe it as partial (about half of the identified total). Some social media discussions and commentary echo the "only half released" narrative, often with frustration over lack of prosecutions.