Justice Department Sued Over Jeffrey Epstein Documents

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Judicial Watch has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Justice Department for records related to Jeffrey Epstein.

“Judicial Watch sued the Justice Department after it failed to adequately respond to four separate FOIA requests for records concerning Jeffrey Epstein, including a specific request for records ‘depicting the identities of clients or associates of Jeffrey Epstein,’” Judicial Watch announced in a press release.

“Epstein document requests were sent to the Justice Department’s Office of Information Policy, the Criminal Division, and two separate requests were sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),” it continued.

From Judicial Watch:

The Judicial Watch lawsuit references a February 24, 2025, Fox News report, which states that President Trump’s “return to the Oval Office came with the prospect of the public finally being able to see Epstein’s long-awaited ‘black book’ amid inquiries into the deceased financier and sex trafficker.”

Epstein died in federal custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

The Justice Department on February 27, 2025, released a long-awaited trove of documents related to Epstein. As stated by the New York Post: “But the much-hyped, roughly 200-page document dump provided no big revelations, instead listing celebrities and politicians who were already known to have palled around with the notorious pedophile.”

“Simply put, the Justice Department needs to respond to public demands for transparency under law and release the Epstein files under FOIA,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

WATCH:

Per Florida Politics:

Among other things, the complaint references a Feb. 24 Fox News report quoting U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi as saying Epstein’s client list was “sitting on (her) desk.” Three days later, the DOJ released a trove of documents related to Epstein that revealed little new information and no major revelations or new names.

Bondi told Fox News’ Jesse Watters later that day she had other records containing “a lot of flights, a lot of names, a lot of information” that could ensnare or implicate some of the nation’s most powerful and prominent people.

The implication was that she would make info public shortly. Forty-two days and four Freedom of Information Act requests later, Judicial Watch is tired of waiting.

“Simply put, the Justice Department needs to respond to public demands for transparency under the law and release the Epstein files,” the organization’s President, Tom Fitton, said in a statement.

Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to charges of soliciting and trafficking underage girls, serving just 13 months on work release in a private wing of a Palm Beach jail. New reporting on Epstein’s case in 2018 helped authorities reopen it.



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