The US Department of Justice has revealed the discovery of more than a million additional documents potentially linked to the Jeffrey Epstein case, significantly delaying the full release of files demanded by Congress.
Deadline Delayed as Document Trove Grows
In a social media post, the department stated it received the massive new cache of records from the US attorney for the Southern District of New York and the FBI. Officials must now review them for public release.
The justice department warned that the full disclosure could now take a "few more weeks," pushing it past a 19th December deadline set by lawmakers. This announcement came just hours after a dozen US senators called for an investigation into the department's failure to meet that initial deadline.
Harrowing Testimonies from Newly Released Files
The update follows the largest previous release of Epstein-related documents just one day earlier. While inclusion in the files does not imply wrongdoing, the latest batch of 11,000 pages contained disturbing testimonies from alleged victims of the convicted child sex offender.
One document, appearing to be an email from 2019 to an anti-trafficking charity, details an account from a woman who says she was "born into sex trafficking." She alleges her biological parents sold her for sex from infancy and that she was later taken to an "underground location" in the Virgin Islands at age 17, where Jeffrey Epstein raped her.
In another FBI summary from October 2024, a woman reported being trafficked from age five and brought to Epstein's private island when she was 13. She stated the only way to leave the island was to pose for naked photographs.
Patterns of Grooming and Abuse
Further documents outline a consistent pattern of grooming young victims. A 2007 FBI interview summary describes a 14-year-old witness who was introduced to Epstein for a paid "massage." She was instructed to tell him she was 17, but Epstein allegedly saw through the lie, stating, "so you are fourteen."
A separate report from a New York rape hotline in 2020 recounts the story of a then-17-year-old girl. She says she was approached in Central Park for a dog-walking job, taken to meet Epstein, given a drink that made her feel dizzy, and later awoke to find she had been sexually assaulted.
The uncovering of over a million new documents ensures the Jeffrey Epstein case will remain under intense scrutiny for weeks to come, as authorities and the public await further revelations from one of the most high-profile sex trafficking investigations in modern history.
