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The US Justice Department released three million more Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday and began returning thousands of them.
Lawyers for victims of the late sex predator have pointed out that, despite the department’s promises, some of the published records contain the names or other identifying information of dozens of women who have accused Epstein of sex trafficking, abuse and other crimes.
“On January 30, 2026, the DOJ committed the single largest violation of victim privacy on a single day in US history,” said attorneys Brittany Henderson and Brad Edwards. He wrote in a letter Two US federal judges have asked the government to take down the website hosting Epstein’s files.
“There is no sufficient level of institutional incompetence to explain the scale, consistency and persistence of the failures – especially where the only action mandated … was simple: redact the names of known victims before publication.”
The naked, names of the victims were published
The Department of Justice, US Attorney General Pam Bondi and US Attorney Jay Clayton, said: “We are committed to doing everything possible to ensure that the privacy of victims is protected to the greatest extent possible.” He said days before the release. That includes assigning more than 500 lawyers and evaluators to check documents page by page and review videos, but also to search victims’ names or other identifiers electronically.
The department should have gone through material posted at least since Nov. 19, when the Epstein Files Transparency Act became law. Despite those claims, Epstein’s files were released Friday Nude photos of young women are included – some possibly teenagers – as well as information such as victims’ names and dates of birth.
CBC News said among the declassified documents was the 2007 testimony of an agent assigned to the FBI’s Operation Leap Year, which contained the code name of the agency’s investigation into Epstein.
Despite general redactions, the transcript included an agent’s account of a minor victim in photographs taken during the investigation. It shows her first name and last grade, date of birth and high school.
Later in his testimony, the special agent described in detail how the girl was hired by Epstein for massages, which escalated to sexual activity in future sessions.
There were vivid descriptions of some of the incidents, including one in which Epstein touched or ordered her to touch him. It is said that he also gave her a vibe for her 18th birthday.
As of Tuesday morning, the document was not available on the Justice Department’s website.
The US Department of Justice is releasing three million additional pages from Epstein’s files, including more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. Deputy US Attorney General Todd Blanch said today’s release marks the full release of Epstein’s files as required by law. The released documents include extensive updates; Blanche was removed before releasing information about the victims.
‘Damaged recovery’ of victim data
Another document, which has since been leaked, contains potentially incriminating claims by US President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton, including that they had sex with underage girls. Those claims have not been verified by any investigators.
Some documents submitted to the FBI ahead of the 2020 election contain untrue and sensational claims against President Trump. Friday press conference.
Some of Epstein’s victims, through attorneys Henderson and Edwards, who are overseeing the release of the records, have pleaded that their names be removed. Jane Doe 5 said, “I never came forward! Now I’m being harassed by the media and others.” The lawyers’ letter to the court.
In other cases, the release failed to protect the privacy of individuals unrelated to the Epstein investigations. For example, CBC News reported that the first name of a prison guard at the Manhattan prison where Epstein died was redacted at least once, allowing him to be identified in combination with other details.
In another example, reviewers failed to delete the personal email address of a young woman whose parents were friends with Epstein, even though they corrected it elsewhere.
A Justice Department spokeswoman said in an email to CBC News earlier this week that 0.1 percent of the pages it released had “victim-identifying information redacted” — meaning more than 3,000 pages had to be taken down.
“Our team is working around the clock to fix the problem and republish properly updated pages as soon as possible.”
But critics say gaffes are unacceptable.
“Packed updates. Victims left unprotected. Millions of files lost”. California Governor Gavin Newsom wrote on X. “What are you hiding?”
in A joint statementSurvivors of the sexual predator protested how they “should not be named, investigated and re-stabbed and Epstein’s associates continue to use them in secret.”
“This is not over,” they said. “We will not stop until the truth is fully revealed and every perpetrator is finally held accountable.”
In court filings, the attorneys said leaking victims’ information could have been completely prevented by even a “simple name search.”
“Simply type the victim’s name into the search bar, and if there are any results, then apply corrections before publishing. The DOJ has proven unable or unwilling to perform that basic task.”
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