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Anna Betts

US legislators say justice department is violating law by not releasing all Epstein files

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Todd Blanche speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington DC on 19 November 2025. Photograph: Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Department of Justice on Friday released some long-awaited files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but did not release everything in its possession as required by a law Congress passed last month. The partial release drew swift rebukes from Capitol Hill and threats of legal action.

Speaking in an interview on Fox News on Friday morning, the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, said: “I expect we’re going to release several hundred thousand documents today, and those documents will come in all different forms, photographs and other materials associated with all of the investigations into Mr Epstein”.

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