The Justice Department has asked a federal judge not to require the release of additional unredacted records from its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, arguing that existing redactions are permitted under federal law and are necessary to protect victims and sensitive investigative information.
The filing was submitted shortly before a court-imposed deadline requiring the department to either produce additional records or explain why it could not. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, through Justice Department attorneys, told U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan that officials had already devoted extensive resources to reviewing more than 6 million records under the Epstein Files Transparency Act and had complied with the law.
