The U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday (January 6, 2026) it is still reviewing more than two million documents potentially related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as it pushed more than two weeks past a deadline to release all files connected to him.
A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the government’s files public
The department began releasing documents from the decades-long investigation into the late disgraced financier last month, but failed to meet the December 19 deadline mandated under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
At least 16 files have disappeared from DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
In a letter on Monday to a federal judge, DOJ officials said more than two million documents remained "in various phases of review."
