Court Orders Release of Redacted Epstein Files

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to release names of people once identified as co-conspirators in the Epstein case along with additional details from an FBI interview with a woman who claimed President Trump assaulted her. Judge Emmet Sullivan, a Clinton appointee, ruled in favor of journalist Katie Phang in a case brought under the Administrative Procedure Act.

The order also requires production of Epstein files in foreign languages and names of individuals on email chains that referenced a torture video and sexual activity with young women, including minors.

Sullivan directed acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to publish logs of all redactions made in the publicly released files. Blanche has until July 2 to comply or provide evidence why the material cannot be released. “The Act required the production of the covered documents and the redaction log by December 19, 2025.

The Attorney General conceded that he is in violation of the Act,” Sullivan stated. Some 3.5 million documents have already been released, though the Public Integrity Project, which represented Phang, said 200,000 pages remain redacted. The woman referenced in the files was interviewed four times by the FBI in 2019 and claimed she was introduced to Trump by Epstein in 1984 when she was 13.