Sex offender scandal
Ministry on Epstein case: New documents surfaced
Updated 12/24/2025 – 9:48 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
Actually, the US Department of Justice should have published all investigative files in the Epstein case by Friday. But the whole thing will probably drag on for weeks – supposedly because of a discovery.
The US Department of Justice has announced the discovery of more than a million documents that may be related to the Epstein case. The Federal Police FBI and the public prosecutor’s office in New York (Southern District) have informed the ministry about the documents and they are now checking their release in accordance with legal and judicial requirements, the ministry said on the X platform. The documents will be published “as quickly as possible”. At the same time, the ministry referred to additional weeks that this would probably take due to the scope.
It remained unclear how so many new documents suddenly appeared. It was also not clear from the post when exactly the ministry was informed about this.
The US government of Donald Trump and especially the Justice Department are under pressure because of the publication. The documents relating to the Epstein investigations should actually have been made available to the public by law by last Friday – so far some of them have been visible. Some files are blacked out in places.
The Democratic minority leader in the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, accused Trump of a cover-up because of the newly surfaced documents. Americans deserve an answer to the question of what is being hidden and why, the opposition politician wrote on
For years, multimillionaire Epstein from New York ran an abuse ring that victimized dozens of young women and minors. He is said to have abused minors himself over several years in New York and Florida. In 2019, Epstein died in prison at the age of 66, before any further sentencing could have taken place.
The financier had excellent contacts in high society, which led to numerous speculations about the scope of the scandal. The question arose again and again as to which prominent figures might have been involved in Epstein’s machinations. A month ago, the law finally ordered the publication of the files, which Trump had long resisted.
