The Department of Justice on Friday released thousands of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, but a substantial number of documents remain unpublished.
Congress had given the DOJ a Dec. 19 deadline to release all records in its possession. Over the past month, the DOJ and both Democratic and Republican lawmakers gradually made some files available, many drawn from Epstein’s estate, separate from state and federal investigation records.
The newly released collection is accessible online and includes:
• Transcripts from Maxwell’s interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche
• Surveillance video from the prison where Epstein killed himself in 2019
• Flight logs documenting trips from the Virgin Islands to Palm Beach
• A handwritten note asking an unidentified person to collect a "bucket of roses" to give to someone at a "high school"
• Scanned pages from the how-to book Massage for Dummies
• A graphic police interview with a woman who said she was recruited to give Epstein partially nude massages when she was a minor
• Redacted government documents displayed in a photo illustration in Washington, D.C., on December 19-2025, after the Justice Department began releasing records from its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
•Images of Bill Clinton in hot tub, Michael Jackson with Epstein and ex-Prince Andrew laying across women's lap.
• Images of Epstein’s estate, including a photo of the check President Trump allegedly gave Epstein that suggested the sex offender "sold" Trump a girl, framed with a caption "once in a blue moon" on the outside, and an image of Epstein standing over four women wearing the same outfits with their hands in a prayer position, Axios reported.
Further releases are expected, but no timetable has been provided for when the remaining files will be made public.
What's not included in Epstein files
The tranche disclosed on Friday comprised only a small portion of the total files, which the department has said exceed 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence.
Financial records, internal memos from prosecutors who investigated Epstein’s alleged sex-trafficking ring, key material obtained from the searches of Epstein’s palatial homes — none of it figured prominently in the documents released Friday.
And there is also no explanation on how Epstein grew so wealthy?
Some of those pages include the names of Epstein's survivors, including an entirely blacked out document labelled "Masseuse List."
Much of the material was heavily redacted or had already been made public, limiting its contribution to understanding the case, Politico reported.
Rep Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, estimated it represented roughly 10 per cent of the material in the department’s possession.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche acknowledged the incompleteness of the release, stating “additional responsive materials will be produced as our review continues, consistent with the law and with protections for victims.”
Blanche’s letter to Congress indicated that document production should conclude by the end of the year, though no specific timetable was provided for subsequent disclosures.
How Democrats reacted?
Many members of Congress expressed frustration at the limited release.
Rep Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), a sponsor of the bill mandating the disclosure, said he was disappointed by the volume of documents made public and called for a clear timeline for the remaining materials.
He warned that lawmakers might consider impeachment proceedings against Blanche and Attorney General Pam Bondi, or criminal referrals if officials had engaged in excessive redaction or tampering. A department spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
Rep Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), the bill’s lead GOP sponsor, said the release “grossly fails to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the law that @realDonaldTrump signed just 30 days ago.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer criticised the disclosure in a statement: “Simply releasing a mountain of blacked out pages violates the spirit of transparency and the letter of the law,” noting that “all 119 pages of one document were completely blacked out. We need answers as to why.”