The Department of Justice has tasked over 500 people to pour over millions of files tied to notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, claiming the agency has made “substantial progress,” according to a letter sent to a pair of federal judges Thursday night.
Federal officials said hundreds of prosecutors and staff from the Southern District of New York and the Justice Department’s Criminal Division are reviewing and redacting “millions of pages of materials” linked to the late billionaire sex offender, multiple outlets reported.
“Due to the scope of this effort, platform operations require around-the-clock attention and technical assistance to resolve inevitable glitches due to the sheer volume of materials,” said the letter, signed by Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton, CBS News reported.
Officials also noted the massive review also found “substantial” duplications in various files, ABC News reported.
The estimated number of remaining documents and photos remains “in flux,” the letter said.
Officials added they remain “focused on releasing materials under the [Epstein Files Transparency] Act promptly while protecting victim privacy.”
The letter, however, offered no indication of when the complete and long-awaited trove of documents would be released.
Since Dec. 19, one month after the Epstein Files Transparency Act took effect, President Trump’s DOJ has only put out 12,285 documents, comprising around 125,575 pages of investigative materials, on its Epstein Library webpage.
The bipartisan law requires the agency to turn over all “unclassified records, documents, communications and investigative materials” linked to Epstein and his imprisoned accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
But some two million files are still being reviewed, the DOJ announced last week.
This week, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) requested US District Judge Paul Engelmayer to appoint a special master “to oversee the release” in compliance with their bill — which Trump signed into law on Nov. 19 — ordering the prompt release of all investigative materials.
The pair of lawmakers accused the DOJ of committing “criminal violations” and Attorney General Pam Bondi of failing to comply with measures laid out in the bill.
December’s file dump revealed shocking, never-before-seen photos of Epstein with numerous high-profile politicians and A-list stars, such as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew), Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, and more — including a half-naked Bill Clinton.
Neither Clinton nor Trump, who was also featured in a handful of photos, has been accused of illegal behavior involving Epstein.
Additional documents included grand jury records from the governments notorious case against the financier perv two decades ago in West Palm Beach, which eventually resulted in a controversial plea deal and a measly 18 months in jail.
Public interest in the Epstein case intensified after the FBI and DOJ released a joint memo in July concluding that he committed suicide in jail and did not keep a “client list” of rich and powerful men to whom he trafficked girls as young as 14 — contrary to widespread speculation.
Officials previously said the slow pace of the file release has been necessary to protect victims and prevent ongoing court cases from being compromised.
Tech-savvy sleuths have discovered ways to uncensor some of the heavily redacted files by copying them from Adobe Acrobat and then pasting them into a word processor.
The Post verified the redaction faux pas last month.
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