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Ongoing Investigations

The protection of ongoing investigations and litigation through redactions.

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Feb 5, 2026

What standards did the DOJ use to redact or withhold pages from the Epstein file release?

says it applied the redactions required by and other legal obligations — principally to , remove (CSAM) and to avoid prejudicing — while releasing a rolling tranche of documents because of the volume ...

Feb 4, 2026

Why did the democrats not release Epstein files

did not "release" the Epstein files because they did not have unilateral legal custody or operational control over the records at issue; instead they pushed for full, unredacted disclosure and have pu...

Feb 2, 2026

How did newsrooms count mentions of public figures across the DOJ’s Epstein data release?

Newsrooms tallied mentions of public figures by searching the ’s multi‑million‑page for names and references, then reporting raw counts with caveats about context, corroboration and redactions; the nu...

Jan 19, 2026

What legal standards define ‘victim privacy’ and ‘active investigation’ exemptions under the Epstein Files Transparency Act?

The Epstein Files Transparency Act creates two explicit, statutory carve-outs to public disclosure: records that would reveal “personally identifiable information of victims” or victims’ medical files...

Jan 19, 2026

Which classified or sealed documents concern Epstein and Maxwell and who controls their release?

The contested materials tied to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell comprise sprawling FBI and U.S. Attorney investigative files, grand‑jury materials, photos, emails, flight logs, tax and custody r...

Jan 5, 2026

Which specific categories of Epstein‑era documents are still being withheld by the DOJ and why?

The Justice Department has publicly said it is withholding discrete categories of Epstein‑era material — chiefly unredacted victim personal information and records that could jeopardize active investi...