Why data sleuths are archiving the Jeffrey Epstein files: ‘We want to provide some clarity’

Tommy Carstensen oversees one of the most sophisticated archives of Epstein materials, while Tristan Lee's database allows searches of faces who appear in the files

Before the US Department of Justice (DoJ) missed a legally mandated, December 2025 deadline to release unclassified files related to the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, the Denmark-based data scientist and bioinformatician Tommy Carstensen was not especially concerned with the case of the accused sex trafficker.

I hadn't even watched the Netflix documentary," he said.