Todd Blanche Suggests DOJ May Not Release Full Epstein Files By Friday Deadline ("more over the next couple of weeks") [View all]

Todd Blanche Suggests DOJ May Not Release Full Epstein Files By Friday Deadline

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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche seemed to suggest the Justice Department will not release its full investigative files on late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, despite facing a deadline to do so.

In an interview with "Fox and Friends," Blanche said: "I expect that we're going to release several hundred thousand documents today, and those documents will come in all different forms, photographs and other materials associated with all of the investigations into Mr. Epstein."

Blanche added that ever since Trump signed into law the bill requiring the files' release, the DOJ has been working "tirelessly" to make the documents public, while ensuring survivors' privacy. He said many files would be released on Friday, but more would come later, a move that could potentially run afoul of the law that requires the documents to be made public within 30 days.

"I expect that we're going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks. So today, several hundred thousand and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more," he said.