Epstein's alleged victims accuse DOJ of legal violations over state of files released

A group of alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein accused the Department of Justice of missteps, including violations of the law, in its partial release of files related to the disgraced financier's abuse of young women and girls.

The DOJ faced a Friday deadline imposed by Congress to release a massive cache of records gathered during government investigations into the sex offender, who died in jail in 2019.

Justice officials released thousands of files -- ranging from investigative documents to grand jury testimony to snapshots taken by Epstein and his friends -- but said it would fail to fully release all the files by the deadline.

"Instead, the public received a fraction of the files, and what we received was riddled with abnormal and extreme redactions with no explanation," a group of 19 women, including two Jane Does, said in a statement released on Monday. "At the same time, numerous victim identities were left unredacted, causing real and immediate harm."

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