美国司法部周三宣布，官员们已经“发现”超过一百万份文件可能与杰弗里·爱普斯坦的案子有关。"
“DOJ已经从[纽约南区]和美国联邦调查局收到了这些文件，并根据《爱泼斯坦文件透明法》、现有法规和司法命令对其进行了审查，以供发布，”该部表示发布于X.
“我们有律师夜以继日地工作，审查并做出法律要求的修订以保护受害者，我们将尽快公布这些文件。由于大量的材料，这个过程可能需要几个星期。
美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)此前报道称，司法部拥有超过100万份与Epstein有关的文件，EP stein是一名被定罪的性犯罪者，他于2019年在监狱牢房中自杀身亡，等待对性贩运指控的审判。
民主党众议员罗伯特·加西亚是众议院监督委员会的资深成员，周三发表了一份声明批评特朗普政府对爱泼斯坦档案的处理。
加西亚说:“令人愤慨的是，DOJ非法向公众隐瞒了100多万份文件。”。
“每天我们都会看到谎言、无能、错过截止日期和非法编辑。帕姆·邦迪需要向国会宣誓作证，为自己辩解，”加西亚补充道。“监督民主党人也希望听到举报人或DOJ任何能帮助我们为幸存者伸张正义的人的声音。你受法律保护。”
国会在11月通过了爱泼斯坦文件透明法案，要求公布司法部关于爱泼斯坦的文件。这项措施要求该部门在12月19日星期五之前公布所有文件，但保护受害者隐私和正在进行的调查等特定例外情况除外，不过该部门表示，为了保护受害者，审查过程已经推迟。
截至周二上午，司法部已经发布了超过3万页的文件，其中包括超过1.5万份个人可下载文件。数以千计的照片也首次公之于众。
除了指责政府发布材料的速度太慢之外，批评者还表示，政府在编辑材料时过于激进，将政府官员的名字涂黑，以至于很难(如果不是不可能的话)确定谁在内部和外部通信中说了什么。
在爱泼斯坦2019年被捕后不久，司法部还编辑了检察官在内部电子邮件中确定的潜在同谋的姓名。
政府也因为错误地允许受害者的名字出现在一些网站上而受到批评公布的文件中。
民主党众议员罗·卡纳(Ro Khanna)与共和党众议员托马斯·马西(Thomas Massie)共同撰写了《爱泼斯坦文件透明度法案》(Epstein Files Transparency Act)，他表示，他们将“继续保持压力。”
“我们说我们是后带来蔑视现在，DOJ又发现了数百万份文件需要公布。他们需要发布302美国联邦调查局声明&爱普斯坦电脑上的邮件。爱泼斯坦类必须去，“卡纳书写在星期三的X日。
Justice Department says it has 'over a million more' documents potentially related to Epstein
The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that officials have "uncoveredover a million more documents potentially related to the Jeffrey Epstein case."
"The DOJ has received these documents from [Southern District of New York] and the FBI to review them for release, in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, existing statutes, and judicial orders," the departmentposted on X.
"We have lawyers working around the clock to review and make the legally required redactions to protect victims, and we will release the documents as soon as possible. Due to the mass volume of material, this process may take a few more weeks," the post read.
ABC News has previously reported that Department of Justice has in its possession more than a million documents related to Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died by suicide in 2019 in his jail cell awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia, the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee,issued a statement on Wednesdaycriticizing the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files.
"It's outrageous that the DOJ has illegally withheld over 1 million documents from the public," Garcia said.
"Every day we see lies, incompetence, missed deadlines, and illegal redactions. Pam Bondi needs to testify to Congress under oath to explain herself," Garcia added. "Oversight Democrats also want to hear from whistleblowers or anyone at the DOJ who can assist us in bringing justice for the survivors. You are protected by the law."
Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November mandating the release of the Department of Justice's files on Epstein. The measure required the department to release all of the documents, with certain exceptions like protecting victim privacy and ongoing investigations, by Friday, Dec. 19, though the department said it has been delayed by the vetting process to protect victims.
Through Tuesday morning, the Justice Department had released more than 30,000 pages of documents, included among more than 15,000 individual downloadable files. Thousands of photographs were also made public for the first time.
In addition to accusing the administration of being too slow to release the material, critics have said the administration has been too aggressive in its redactions, blacking out the names of government officials so as to make it difficult, if not impossible, to determine who said what in internal and external correspondence.
The Justice Department has also redacted the names of potential co-conspirators who were identified by prosecutors in internal emails shortly after Epstein’s 2019 arrest.
The administration has also received criticism for mistakenly allowing victims’ names to remain visible in someof the documents it has released.
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, who co-authored the Epstein Files Transparency Act with Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, said they will "continue to keep the pressure on."
"After we said we arebringing contempt, the DOJ is now finding millions more documents to release. They need to release the 302 FBI statements&the emails on Epstein's computer. The Epstein class must go," Khannawroteon X on Wednesday.
