Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were indicted on federal sex trafficking charges stemming from Epstein's years of abuse of underage girls. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, in the letter obtained by Fox News Digital, Blanche revealed that the Justice Department, through its sprawling internal process, learned of more than 1,200 victims.
"This process resulted in over 1,200 names being identified as victims or their relatives," Blanche wrote. "We have redacted reference to such names. In addition to redacting the names of these victims, we have also redacted and are not producing any materials that could result in their identification."
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche arrives for a press conference with President Donald Trump in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The documents will also include "all communications, memorandum, directives, logs or metadata concerning the destruction, deletion, alteration, misplacement, or concealment of documents, recordings or electronic data related to Epstein, his associates, his detention and death, or any investigative files."
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Blanche also said that any "documentation of Epstein’s detention or death, including incident reports, witness interviews, medical examiner files, autopsy reports, and written records detailing the circumstances and cause of death" will also be released.
Blanche said the DOJ is continuing to review additional documents and other items for "potential responsiveness."
"Just this week, one of the Department’s components provided additional victim information requiring updated review of materials, and in the last few weeks multiple courts have granted the Department’s unsealing motions, requiring detailed review of thousands of pages of investigative and grand jury material."
Blanche pointed to a ruling in the Southern District of New York requiring "additional layers of review to minimize the risk of inadvertent production of protected victim information."
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"We anticipate this ongoing review being completed over the next several weeks."
Blanche explained that prior to the passage of the new Epstein law, the DOJ conducted "a thorough review, including digital searches of databases, hard drives, and network drives as well as searches of real and personal properties."
"This review did not reveal credible evidence that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals, nor did it undercover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties," Blanche explained. He added that judges in the Southern District of Florida and the Southern District of New York have authorized the DOJ to produce materials "previously prohibited from production by protective orders and grand jury secrecy laws."
Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino hold a news conference about the Jan. 6 pipe bomber at the Department of Justice Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
"This process resulted in over 1,200 names being identified as victims or their relatives," Blanche wrote. "We have redacted reference to such names. In addition to redacting the names of these victims, we have also redacted and are not producing any materials that could result in their identification."
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Blanche said the Justice Department’s review team consisted of more than 200 DOJ attorneys working to determine whether materials were responsive under the Act and, if so, whether redactions or withholding was required.
The review had multiple layers, according to Blanche, including 187 attorneys from the DOJ’s National Security Division conducting a review of all items for responsiveness. Next, a quality control team of 25 attorneys conducted a second-level review to ensure that victims' personal identifying information was properly redacted and that materials that should not be redacted were not marked for redaction.
Then, assistant U.S. attorneys from the Southern District of New York reviewed the responsive materials to confirm appropriate redactions.
"The Department will continue to follow the Review Protocol and add to the public website materials that are responsive under the Act, and the Department will inform Congress when that review and production are complete by the end of this year," Blanche said.
"The Department’s commitment to transparency, following the law, and protecting all victims under the leadership of President Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and FBI Director Patel will never waver."
Fox News' Ashley Oliver contributed to this report.
Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
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