DOJ Misses Epstein Deadline: One Million Pages to Review

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has missed a court-ordered deadline to release documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Officials cite the massive scale of the task. A federal judge gave prosecutors 30 days to review and publish the files. This followed a recent ruling on the case. In a new court filing, the DOJ defended the delay. It stated officials must carefully examine over one million pages of material. The review is to protect the privacy of victims and other people named in the documents. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche argued the delay is justified. He said "well-settled law" allows for extensions in such complex situations. The priority is to prevent unnecessary harm to innocent people, the filing states. The documents are expected to contain new details about Epstein’s sex trafficking network. Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial. A new deadline for the document release has not yet been set.