Jeffrey Epstein in this picture released by the justice department. S justice department/ReutersJeffrey Epstein in this picture released by the justice department. S justice department/ReutersUS justice department reportedly reviewing more than 5m pages of Epstein filesFigure represents significant expansion on earlier estimates as effort draws resources away from other DoJ cases The US justice department is believed to be reviewing more than 5m pages of documents relating to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein – an effort that is drawing resources away from existing cases, according to the New York Times. The figure represents a significant expansion on earlier estimates, which drew on calculations based on 300 gigabytes of data, papers, videos, photographs and audio files held within FBI archives that relate to investigations in Florida and New York. Epstein survivor calls for Mountbatten-Windsor to be ‘brought to justice’ in US Read moreIn addition to the large number of documents that justice department prosecutors are still reviewing prior to public release, the department is looking to enlist about 400 lawyers to help in the review, per the New York Times report. Justice department officials told the paper that the effort to work through the voluminous records is drawing in prosecutors who work on national security and criminal cases, as well as US attorneys’ offices in New York and Florida.
