WASHINGTON — US authorities have uncovered more than a million additional documents potentially tied to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died in 2019 while awaiting trial for trafficking minors.
The trove was found by the FBI and federal prosecutors in New York and reported to the Department of Justice (DoJ), which said it is working "around the clock" to review and redact sensitive information before public release.
"We have lawyers working around the clock to review and make the legally required redactions to protect victims, and we will release the documents as soon as possible," the DoJ said on Wednesday.

The department said it could take "a few more weeks" before all the files are released. The DoJ has been under scrutiny after not releasing all Epstein files by 19 December, the deadline mandated under a new law.
The agency said it would "continue to fully comply with federal law and President Trump's direction to release the files".
Officials have already published thousands of documents, including videos, photos, and internal memos, many with heavy redactions. Lawmakers from both parties have accused the department of excessive censorship, with Representative Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, alleging the White House is “illegally” withholding files.
Recently released communications revealed FBI discussions in 2019 about ten potential Epstein “co-conspirators,” six of whom were reportedly subpoenaed across several US states. Victims’ advocates and members of Congress continue pressing for disclosure of who was investigated, charged, or cleared in connection with Epstein’s network.
The scandal continues to reverberate internationally. UK figures linked to Epstein have faced repercussions, including former Labour politician Peter Mandelson, who resigned as ambassador to Washington after it emerged he had corresponded warmly with Epstein. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, was stripped of his royal title and removed from his Windsor home amid persistent questions about his relationship with Epstein. He maintains he witnessed no misconduct and has denied any wrongdoing.
It was not immediately clear how the new documents were discovered or what might be in them.
The announcement on Wednesday comes after a week of intermittent releases as required by a new transparency law that Congress passed last month.
Even before the revelation Wednesday of more possible documents, the Justice Department had been scrambling to get out everything in its possession. CNN reported Tuesday that Justice Department leadership had asked for volunteers in a prosecutor’s office in South Florida to help with redactions.
After the department’s revelation Wednesday, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna – who, alongside GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, had pushed for the bipartisan bill that compelled the Justice Department to make public the Epstein files – said that the two of them would “continue to keep the pressure on.”
“After we said we are bringing contempt, the DOJ is now finding millions more documents to release,” the California Democrat posted on X, adding, “The Epstein class must go.”
Massie, meanwhile, re-posted a video of Attorney General Pam Bondi telling reporters that when she appeared to claim in February an Epstein client list was sitting on her desk, she was actually just referring to an Epstein file.
“So what you’re saying is the files were never on @AGPamBondi’s desk like she claimed in this video?” Massie wrote.
Rep. Robert Garcia, the highest ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said in a statement, “It’s outrageous that Trump’s DOJ has illegally withheld over 1 million documents from the public,” adding that his committee wanted to hear from whistleblowers or “anyone at the DOJ who can assist us in bringing justice for the survivors.”
Frustration has also been mounting inside the White House about the handling of the files, with the drip-drip-drip nature of the releases prolonging a story Trump has long been loathe to discuss and the administration’s own message shifting dramatically in recent days.
The newly released documents revealed that federal prosecutors collected evidence in 2020 that Trump flew on Epstein’s private plane multiple times in the 1990s, and that the Justice Department subpoenaed Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club before the trial of Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell in 2021.
Trump has never been accused by any law enforcement agency of involvement in any of Epstein’s crimes. He denies wrongdoing. — Agencies