Scoop: Trump administration expects Epstein files release could last another week [View all]

Source: msn/Axios

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The Trump Administration estimates it has about one week to go —and as many as 700,000 more pages to review — before it finishes releasing all the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Meanwhile, they'll lose the PR war, day after day.

Why it matters: No other controversy has sandbagged President Trump and his administration like the Epstein files, the subject of a rare revolt by congressional Republicans and endless guilt-by-association news stories and social media commentary.

Trump and the Justice Department also have compounded their problems with clumsy messaging and puzzling redactions made while pledging transparency.

The White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X, an effort to finish out the year and the Epstein file disclosure requirements set by Congress.

The account is also taking on a sharper tone that has more of a rapid-response campaign edge and less of the stodgy just-the-facts tone associated with the department.

Driving the news: Tuesday's release of about 30,000 new investigative records highlighted the administration's predicament in mass-disclosing information. Numerous documents mentioned Trump and Epstein, but some of the headline-grabbing records are of questionable veracity.

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