US Attorney General Pam Bondi. [Photo courtesy Office of Public Affairs US Department of Justice]

WASHINGTON D.C.- U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice have only finished reviewing one percent of the Epstein Files for release.

According to a letter from the Justice Department to federal Judge Paul Engelmayer, only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review.

Under the rules established under the recently passed Epstein Transparency Act, all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials were required to be released by Dec. 19 of 2025.

In November of 2025 the U.S. House of Representatives voted on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a bipartisan bill led by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) that requires the Justice Department to disclose Jeffrey Epstein's investigative records, excluding national security matters.

“If this were a private law firm with 5 percent of the resources of the DOJ, this would have been done by the deadline,” Rep. Massie said to reporters outside the Capitol on Jan. 6. “They just missed another deadline to report all of the politicians in their files, and they’re supposed to justify all of their redactions.”

“The biggest problem isn’t that they’re missing deadlines,” continued Rep. Massie, “it’s what they’re redacting. They’re trying to pretend the Privacy Act overrides a law that explicitly says you can’t withhold records to prevent embarrassment.”

The uproar around the Epstein files exploded during the summer of 2025 when the FBI and the Justice Department announced on July 7 that their investigation concluded Epstein died by suicide, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying that there was no incriminating “client list” and that they found no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions.

President Trump downplayed the concerns over the Jeffery Epstein sex trafficking case. Speaking to reporters on July 15 he called the case “pretty boring” and said he didn’t see the fascination with it. While taking questions in the Oval Office on July 16, President Trump referred to the Epstein files as “the Epstein Hoax”.

“I call it the Epstein hoax,” said President Trump. “They’re talking about a guy who died three or four years ago. They want to talk about the Epstein hoax. I’d rather talk about the success we’ve had.”

When it was clear the Epstein Files Transparency Act would have enough votes to pass, President Trump reversed course and encouraged Republicans to vote for it.

"House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide," Trump wrote. "And it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics.”