Epstein files: DOJ releases millions of files including new mugshot of Ghislaine Maxwell, FBI agent interviews

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A never-before-seen mugshot of Ghislaine Maxwell was made public as part of the Justice Department's Jan. 30, 2026 release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. (The Justice Department)

The Justice Department on Friday released 3.5 million pages of documents in the latest Jeffrey Epstein disclosure, along with 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.   

The DOJ released the documents, videos, and images online.

"During the course of our investigation, we seized years and years' worth of Epstein’s personal emails," Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche Blanche told Fox News Digital. "These are communications with hundreds and hundreds of individuals discussing intimate details of Epstein’s and others' lives."

US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a press conference at the US Department of justice on January 30, 2026, in Washington, DC. The US Justice Department is releasing more than three million pages from the Epstein files on Friday alo

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"Today’s release marks the end of a very comprehensive document identification and review process to ensure transparency to the American people and compliance with the act,"  Blanche said at a news conference announcing the disclosure.

The files include some of the several million pages of records that officials said were withheld from an initial release of documents in December.

Among the materials being withheld from release Friday is information that could jeopardize any ongoing investigation or expose the identities of potential victims of sex abuse. All women other than Maxwell have been redacted from videos and images being released Friday, Blanche said.

"We did not protect President Trump. We didn’t protect — or not protect — anybody," Blanche said.

The number of documents subject to review has ballooned to roughly 6 million, including duplicates, the department said.

The DOJ says more than 500 attorneys and reviewers from the Department worked on the files that were released Friday.  The files were collected from five primary sources, including the Florida and New York cases against Epstein, the New York case against Epstein's partner Ghislaine Maxwell, the New York cases investigating Epstein’s death, the Florida case investigating a former butler of Epstein, multiple FBI investigations, and the Office of Inspector General investigation into Epstein’s death.

The documents, videos, and pictures were disclosed under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the law enacted after months of public and political pressure that requires the government to open its files on the late financier and his confidant and onetime girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.

As was the case with many previous releases of documents related to Epstein, much material was blacked out. Some of the reports on FBI interviews had entire pages blacked out, along with the name of the person who was being interviewed.

New mugshot of Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell released

Included in the documents released Jan. 30, was a new mugshot of Epstein's accomplice and former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell taken in July 2020 when she was arrested on six charges, including two counts of sexual exploitation of minor — sex performance, two counts of transport interstate for sexual activity and two counts of perjury.

Some Epstein documents not released to protect victims

The DOJ said some documents will not be released to protect minors as part of CSAM, Child Sexual Abuse Material,which refers to sexually explicit content involving a child.

"The categories of documents withheld include those permitted under the act to be withheld, files that contain personally identifiable information of victims or victims' personal and medical files and similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy," Blanche explained. "Any depiction of CSAM or child pornography was obviously excluded. Anything that would jeopardize an active federal investigation, and finally, anything that depicts or contain images of death, physical abuse or injury also not produced."

Documents released include FBI agent interview notes, Epstein e-mails

Included in the document release are email correspondence between prosecutors, printouts of thousands of emails that Epstein either sent or received, news clippings, and reports written by FBI agents summarizing their interviews with witnesses and alleged victims in the investigation.

As was the case with many previous releases of documents related to Epstein, much material was blacked out. Some of the reports on FBI interviews had entire pages blacked out, along with the name of the person who was being interviewed.

Congressional Democrats say DOJ’s document release is incomplete 

Congressional Democrats are continuing to push for the DOJ to release more case files on Epstein and argue that Friday’s release by the  is only about half of the files that have been collected.

"The DOJ said it identified over 6 million potentially responsive pages but is releasing only about 3.5 million after review and redactions. This raises questions as to why the rest are being withheld," said Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat who sponsored the bill that mandated the disclosure.

Khanna said he was looking to see whether the files released Friday included FBI interviews with victims, a draft indictment and information prosecutors collected during a 2007 investigation into Epstein in Florida.

The backstory:

Epstein, a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender, died in a New York jail cell in 2019. Epstein’s partner Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a lengthy prison sentence for her role in luring young girls to Epstein’s home. 

The Epstein case has attracted attention because of Epstein and Maxwell’s links to famous people, including royals, presidents and billionaires. It also led to some of the biggest conspiracy theories animating Trump’s base.