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Edward Helmore

US justice department says it may need ‘a few more weeks’ to process 1m more Epstein documents for release

A protester holds a sign asking for the release of the Epstein files outside the US Capitol on 12 November 2025.
A protester holds a sign asking for the release of the Epstein files outside the US Capitol on 12 November 2025. Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA

The US justice department said on Wednesday that it had been told by federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the FBI that they have uncovered more than a million more documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case and processing these for release could take “a few more weeks”.

In a post on X, the justice department said it had received the documents from the US attorney for the southern district of New York and the FBI in “compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, existing statutes, and judicial orders”.

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