Deputy Attorney General Says DOJ Won’t Release Full Esptein Files to Congress by Deadline

The Justice Department said it would release ’several hundred thousand' files by the Dec. 19 deadline.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Nov. 19, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Department of Justice (DOJ) will not release the full files related to Jeffrey Epstein by the Dec. 19 deadline, as mandated under new legislation, and will instead release them in batches.

Speaking to Fox News, Blanche said that the DOJ would release “several hundred thousand” files on Friday and expects “several hundred thousand more” to be released over the coming weeks.