The "Epstein files" are the Justice Department's records on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, released to the public under a law Congress passed in November 2025. This page tracks what has officially been released, when, and what the Department says it held back — using the Department's own announcements and the court record.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405) passed the House 427–1 on November 18, 2025 and the Senate by unanimous consent on November 19, and was signed into law the same day. It required the Attorney General to publish the Epstein files in a searchable, downloadable format within 30 days — by December 19, 2025 — and barred withholding records to avoid embarrassment, reputational harm or political sensitivity. Our guide to the Act explains its requirements in detail.
When the Justice Department adds Epstein files or the Pentagon publishes new UFO files, we email you a short summary and a link to the official records.
• December 19, 2025 — the first, partial release. The Department said it needed more time to review additional material. • December 20–23, 2025 — further batches followed over the next several days. • January 30, 2026 — the largest release. In its announcement, the Department said it was adding over 3 million pages, bringing its total to "nearly 3.5 million pages," along with more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. • March 5, 2026 — according to reporting compiled on Wikipedia, about 50,000 previously removed files were restored after review.
The official library page on justice.gov showed "Last Updated: September 11, 2026" when we checked it on October 24, 2026. We monitor that page and update this timeline when it changes.
According to the Department's January 30, 2026 announcement, the records come from several sources: the Florida and New York cases against Epstein, the New York case against Maxwell, New York investigations into Epstein's death, a Florida case involving a former Epstein employee, multiple FBI investigations, and an Inspector General investigation into Epstein's death.
The Department says reviewers were told to limit redactions to protecting victims and their families, and that "notable individuals and politicians were not redacted." Victim names and identifying details are redacted — in audio files with a steady tone. The Department lists material it withheld: duplicates between the New York and Florida investigations, records covered by deliberative-process and attorney-client privilege, depictions of violence under an exception in the Act, and items unrelated to the Epstein or Maxwell cases.
Whether the Department has released everything the law requires remains disputed by the law's sponsors and others; the Department's Inspector General has said it will audit compliance.
Everything is published in the Justice Department's Epstein Library at justice.gov/epstein, which requires confirming you are 18 or older. It is organized into DOJ disclosures (including 12 data sets released under the Act), court records, FOIA records, earlier disclosures, and records released by the House Oversight Committee. Our step-by-step guide explains how to search it.
Our standard for this section: we report only what Justice Department releases, court records, the law itself and the Inspector General say. We do not name victims, and we do not publish lists of people who appear in the files — appearing in a document is not evidence of wrongdoing. Allegations are labelled as allegations.
Yes. The Justice Department began releasing them on December 19, 2025 under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and its January 30, 2026 release brought the total to nearly 3.5 million pages, plus more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.
In the Justice Department's Epstein Library at justice.gov/epstein. Visitors must confirm they are 18 or older.
A July 7, 2025 Justice Department and FBI memo said their review "revealed no incriminating 'client list.'" The law passed later that year required the release of the underlying files.
Victims' names and identifying details are redacted. The Justice Department says notable individuals and politicians were not redacted. Appearing in the files is not by itself evidence of wrongdoing.
Facts on this page were checked against the sources below on October 24, 2026 by Himanshu Singh. Spot an error? Email hello@nowdeclassified.com.
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