In a bombshell court filing on January 6, 2026, Attorney General Pam Bondi admitted the DOJ has released less than 1% of Jeffrey Epstein’s files—leaving over 2 million documents sealed, despite a bipartisan law signed by President Trump requiring full disclosure by December 2025.
While the department insists delays stem from protecting victims’ identities through careful redactions and reviews, critics—including the law’s sponsors, Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie—suspect something deeper: selective “filtering” to shield powerful figures from a devastating political earthquake that could expose elite complicity across party lines.
Survivors voice growing despair, bipartisan lawmakers threaten contempt and even a special master to seize control, and whispers intensify about hidden names that could reshape Washington forever.
Is Bondi truly safeguarding victims—or quietly burying bombshells to prevent chaos?
As January 2026 unfolds, a stunning court filing has revealed that Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have released less than 1% of Jeffrey Epstein’s investigative files—holding back over 2 million documents despite a bipartisan law signed by President Donald Trump requiring full disclosure by December 2025.
In a January 6, 2026, letter to federal Judge Paul Engelmayer in New York, Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admitted that only 12,285 documents (about 125,575 pages) have been made public so far. The DOJ now estimates over 2 million pages remain under review, with some reports suggesting up to 5.2 million, including newly discovered materials from decades-old FBI investigations in Florida and New York.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed nearly unanimously by Congress and signed by Trump on November 19, 2025, mandated the release of all non-classified records—photos, videos, flight logs, and more—by December 19, 2025. Initial tranches included old images of former President Bill Clinton with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell (serving a 20-year sentence), 1990s flight logs mentioning Trump, and references to figures like Mick Jagger and Kevin Spacey. The DOJ maintains no evidence of wrongdoing for those named.
Survivors of Epstein’s horrors—who suffered unimaginable abuse and campaigned relentlessly for the act—now face crushing disappointment and rage. They accuse the DOJ of using “victim privacy” as a pretext for extensive redactions and delays, retraumatizing them while potentially shielding powerful individuals. Advocates argue piecemeal releases obscure the full network that exploited hundreds of underage girls.
Bipartisan sponsors Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) have ramped up pressure, condemning the delays as noncompliance. On January 8, 2026, they urged Judge Engelmayer to appoint a special master—an independent overseer—to enforce the law and monitor releases. The duo has threatened inherent contempt proceedings against Bondi, which could impose daily fines without Senate involvement. “The DOJ cannot be trusted with making mandatory disclosures,” they wrote, citing suspicions that the department overstated the file volume to justify slowdowns.
Over 400 DOJ attorneys and 100 FBI specialists are reportedly working around the clock, prioritizing victim protections. Bondi insists the process is methodical, with further releases planned in coming weeks. Yet critics from both parties decry the missed deadline, fueling conspiracy theories and accusations of selective transparency ahead of the 2026 midterms.
The saga exposes Washington’s deep divisions over accountability in one of America’s most notorious scandals. Epstein’s web of elite connections continues to haunt the powerful, as mounting outrage demands unredacted truth.
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