US justice department releases more than 3 million new pages of Epstein files
Batch includes more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images related to disgraced financier, Todd Blanche says
The US deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, said on Friday that the justice department had released more than 3m pages of documents related to its investigation into the disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in a long-awaited announcement that appears to represent the bulk of the so-called Epstein files that have dogged Donald Trump politically.
In a testy news conference, Blanche said that the release would include more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, which will have extensive redactions". He added that the Trump administration had produced roughly 3.5m pages in an effort to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. He said that they include large quantities of commercial pornography and images that were seized from Epstein's devices".
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