In a stunning Christmas Eve bombshell, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that the FBI and federal prosecutors have unearthed over a million previously hidden documents potentially tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s sprawling sex-trafficking empire—dwarfing prior releases and promising revelations that could shatter long-held assumptions about his elite connections.T

In a dramatic turn on December 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York have uncovered over one million more documents potentially linked to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation. This revelation, shared via a post on X, significantly expands the scope of materials under review and delays full public disclosure under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

The Act, a bipartisan law signed by President Donald Trump last month, mandated the release of all unclassified Epstein-related records by December 19, with allowances for redactions to protect victims and ongoing probes. Initial batches totaled around 130,000 pages, including photos, flight logs, emails, and investigative memos—many highlighting Epstein’s ties to figures like Trump, Bill Clinton, and others. Recent releases featured subpoenas to Mar-a-Lago and details of Trump’s 1990s flights on Epstein’s jet alongside Ghislaine Maxwell.

The newly discovered trove—described as “potentially related”—includes electronic materials and seized records from Epstein’s properties. DOJ officials stated lawyers are working “around the clock” on redactions, estimating “a few more weeks” for processing due to the massive volume. This comes amid bipartisan criticism: lawmakers like Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY), co-sponsors of the Act, accused the department of illegal delays and excessive blackouts, threatening contempt proceedings.

Survivors and advocates hail the find as a potential breakthrough, hoping it exposes deeper complicity among Epstein’s elite enablers—politicians, billionaires, celebrities. Yet heavy redactions in prior releases, including entire blacked-out pages of “masseuse lists” and grand jury materials, have fueled suspicions of protection for the powerful.

As reviews continue, this cache could indeed rewrite history, revealing untold layers of Epstein’s network and challenging long-held assumptions about impunity at the highest levels.