DOJ admits 47,635 Epstein files — including Trump allegations — were removed
DOJ admits 47,635 Epstein files — including Trump allegations — were removed
DOJ admits 47,635 Epstein files — including Trump allegations — were removed
Justice Department expects to restore missing documents that were taken offline for review
The Department of Justice has withheld from the public nearly 48,000 files stemming from investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, after publishing more than 2 million pages of documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
The initial legally mandated releases of documents comprised more than 3 million pages, though that figure is now roughly 2.7 million, according to an analysis of the files by CBS News and The Wall Street Journal.
A spokesperson for the Justice Department told the outlets that “47,635 files were offline for further review and should be ready for re-production by the end of the week.”
Those offline files include materials connected to unverified allegations against President Donald Trump, The Independent previously reported.