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Over the weekend,<\/span> the Justice Department released three new data sets<\/a> comprising files related to Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>. The DOJ had previously released nearly 4,000 documents<\/a> prior to the Friday midnight deadline required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n As with Friday’s release, the new tranche appears to contain hundreds of photographs, along with various court records pertaining to Epstein and his associates. The first of the additional datasets, Data Set 5, is photos of hard drives and physical folders, as well as chain-of-custody forms. Data Set 6 appears to mostly be grand jury materials from cases out of the Southern District of New York against Epstein and his coconspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell. Data Set 7 includes more grand jury materials from those cases, as well as materials<\/a> from a separate 2007 Florida grand jury.<\/p>\n Data Set 7 also includes an out-of-order transcript<\/a> between R. Alexander Acosta and the DOJ\u2019s Office of Professional Responsibility from 2019. According to the transcript, the OPR was investigating whether attorneys in the Southern District of Florida US Attorney\u2019s Office committed professional misconduct by entering into a non-prosecution agreement with Epstein, who was being investigated by state law enforcement on sexual battery charges. Acosta was the head of the office when the agreement was signed.<\/p>\n Leading up to the deadline to release materials, the DOJ made three separate requests<\/a> to unseal grand jury materials. Those requests were granted earlier this month.<\/p>\n The initial release of the Epstein files was met with protest, particularly by Epstein victims and Democratic lawmakers. \u201cThe public received a fraction of the files, and what we received was riddled with abnormal and extreme redactions with no explanation,\u201d wrote a group of 19 women who had survived abuse from Epstein and Maxwell in a statement posted<\/a> on social media. Senator Chuck Schumer said<\/a> Monday that he would force a vote that would allow the Senate to sue the Trump administration for a full release of the Epstein files.<\/p>\n Along with the release of the new batch of files over the weekend, the Justice Department also removed at least 16 files<\/a> from its initial offering, including a photograph that depicted Donald Trump. The DOJ later restored that photograph, saying in a statement on X that it had initially been flagged \u201cfor potential further action to protect victims.\u201d The post went on to say that \u201cafter the review, it was determined there is no evidence that any Epstein victims are depicted in the photograph, and it has been reposted without any alteration or redaction.\u201d<\/p>\n The Justice Department acknowledged in a fact sheet on Sunday that it has \u201chundreds of thousands of pages of material to release,\u201d claiming that it has more than 200 lawyers reviewing files prior to release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n