DOJ says 2 million more Epstein files are being reviewed

The Department of Justice has only reviewed a small percentage of the Epstein files, and more than 2 million documents still remain, attorneys told a court Monday.

The DOJ is two weeks past the deadline for the files' release dictated by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and could take longer even with hundreds of lawyers on the task.

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton wrote a five-page update on where the DOJ is with the files release to federal judge Paul A. Engelmayer, who presided over Jeffrey Epstein's case.

Clayton said the DOJ has released 12,285 documents totaling 125,575 pages so far, but has over 2 million more documents "that are in various phases of review." He said files need to be properly identified as relevant documents to the Epstein files and need to undergo a series of steps, including redactions, in order to be released.