The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced Compliance will be reviewed by the DOJ on Thursday Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA).
According to the announcement, the OIG audit will examine DOJ’s “processes for identifying, redacting, and releasing records in its possession as required by law,” including the processes for redacting and withholding records.
EFTA called on the DOJ to release all of its files related to billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by December 19, 2025. So far the authority has only done this released about 3.5 million out of about 6 million pages. Much of what has been published is heavily edited.
Some members of Congress have criticized DOJ’s failure to comply with the EFTA Agreement. In February, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin (D) accused the agency to make “mysterious redactions” to documents. After reviewing unredacted files at a government facility, Raskin added, “At least I think there were tons of completely unnecessary redactions, in addition to the failure to redact the names of the victims, and that was troubling to us.”
California Rep. Ro Khanna (D), a co-author of EFTA, posted In a video
According to a March 18 briefing by DOJ officials and Democratic lawmakers said They would push for a subpoena for then-U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to appear for a deposition. Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost (D) said, “We want her under oath because we don’t trust her.” President Donald Trump fired Bondi on April 2nd.
“Men need to be sent to prison in handcuffs, and until we see that here in this country…we don’t have a functioning justice system.” said Rep. Thomas Massie (right) of Kentucky, another EFTA co-sponsor, in March.
However, the leadership in Washington does not agree on clearing the air around the files. Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche in a current one Fox News interview said“I think that to the extent that the Epstein files were part of the past year of this Justice Department, they should not be part of the future.”
OIG too examined Epstein’s death while incarcerated at the Federal Bureau of Prison’s Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City in August 2019. The report faulted correctional staff but did not dispute that Epstein’s death was not the result of a crime.
