The United States Department of Justice has begun to release part of its trove of files documenting the life and crimes of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.But Friday’s much-anticipated release is expected to fall short of the full publication of the Epstein file mandated under a recently passed law.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listEarlier in the day, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche warned that some documents would be delayed, in order to ensure the privacy of Epstein’s sex-trafficking victims.“I expect that we’re going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks,” Blanche told Fox News.“So today, several hundred thousand, and then, over the next couple of weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more.”That announcement, however, has spurred outrage — and the possibility of a backlash from the US Congress.“It is disappointing that they haven’t been able to release these documents on time in compliance with the law,” Democratic Representative Ro Khanna said on Friday.“While it’s clear they’re trying at the very least to meet the deadline, they should have been able to do more.”Congress had set a 30-day deadline for the release of the full investigative file when it passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November 19.The law required the Justice Department to “make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, communications and investigative materials” in its possession.That includes re …
