On Deadline Day, Todd Blanche Says Epstein Files to be Released ‘Over the Next Couple of Weeks’
Washington, D.C. — On Friday, the day that all the Epstein files are legally required to be released, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he expects that “we’re going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks.” The Epstein Files Transparency Act, nearly unanimously passed by Congress and signed into law 30 days ago by President Donald Trump, states that “all” unclassified Epstein records in possession by the Justice Department must be released today. Demand Progress led a campaign that drove Americans to send more than 650,000 contacts to Congress demanding the full release of the Epstein files.
The following is a statement from Demand Progress Senior Policy Advisor Cavan Kharrazian:
“Failing to release all of the Epstein files today is a violation of the law. We’re talking about a legal mandate for the Department of Justice, not a student submitting a late assignment. They have had 30 days to prepare for today, and many months more if you include all the time the DOJ claimed it was working towards the same goal. Promises to release more files ‘over the next couple of weeks’ are unacceptable, and alarmingly suggest the public will only see a fraction of them today. Jeffrey Epstein ran a sex trafficking network that harmed women, including minors, and included some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in the world. The stakes are too high to play political games. The survivors of Epstein’s crimes, the families of his victims and the American people are legally owed answers. The coverup must end.”