Washington, Dec 24 (EFE).- The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it has received from the FBI and a New York prosecutor's office nearly a million new documents allegedly related to the case of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, which it must review before making them public. "We have lawyers working tirelessly to review and make the legally required redactions to protect the victims, and we will publish the documents as soon as possible," the message states. "Due to the large volume of material, this process could take a few more weeks," it was detailed in a message on social networks. A law passed by Congress last November required the Donald Trump administration to publish all unclassified documentation on the Epstein case on Friday, December 19. Epstein, who committed suicide in prison in 2019. The Department of Justice, however, only published a portion of the files that day, including several photos of former Democratic President Bill Clinton with Epstein, arguing that the amount of information was too large and that it needed time to review all the content, something that generated criticism from the Democratic opposition and the victims. In a new batch published on Monday, the name of Trump appears repeatedly, who would have traveled several times on the financier's private plane, but there are no indications that he participated in his sexual crimes. According to what the Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, revealed this Wednesday, the FBI and the Southern District of New York Prosecutor's Office have discovered "more than a million additional documents, possibly related to the Jeffrey Epstein case." The department committed to reviewing them and continuing to "fully comply with federal law and President Trump's order to publish the files." Initially, Trump did not support the publication of Epstein's documents, with whom he maintained a friendship until 2004, long before he was accused of child prostitution, but the president had to rectify and sign the law after verifying the strong support it had in Congress. U.S. Department of Justice receives a million new documents on Epstein.
