DOJ Inspector General Announces Audit of Department’s Epstein Files Release

The audit will focus on the Justice Department’s ‘processes for identifying, redacting, and releasing records in its possession as required by the Act.’

Jeffrey Epstein (C) appears in court in West Palm Beach, Fla., on July 30, 2008. Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post via AP

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) internal watchdog has said it will review the department’s compliance with a law that required the DOJ to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

In a statement issued on April 23, acting DOJ Inspector General William Blier’s office said it would initiate an audit of the department’s overall compliance with the law, the Epstein Files Transparency Act.