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In a legal filing made on Monday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it has only released 12,285 documents relating to its investigation into alleged child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, representing less than 1 percent of the total files on the case in its possession.

According to the terms of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was passed into law in November, “all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials” were required to be released by December 19. Critics allege the DOJ is in violation of that law due to the incredibly slow rollout of files.

The law also requires redactions to be made in order to protect the identity of victims. DOJ officials have maintained that the holdup is the result of ensuring those redactions are carried out.

But victims have noted the DOJ’s failures, stating that there are numerous examples of unnecessary redactions, while the department has also failed at ensuring identities are concealed.

“The public received a fraction of the files, and what we........

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