Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday the release of files centered around Jeffrey Epstein and his activities does not provide the Department of Justice with grounds to prosecute individuals simply because their names appear in the documents.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) released millions of pages from its Epstein investigation on Friday, including correspondence, emails, and photographs connected to the convicted sex trafficker. Appearing on “State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash,” Blanche explained the limitations prosecutors face when evaluating the materials.
“Now, there’s a lot of correspondence. There’s a lot of emails. There’s a lot of photographs. There’s a lot of horrible photographs that appear to be taken by Mr. Epstein or people around him,” Blanche said. “But that doesn’t allow us necessarily to prosecute somebody.”
The deputy attorney general then acknowledged that victims deserve justice and stated that Attorney General Pam Bondi shares that goal. He also pushed back against any suggestion that the DOJ could manufacture cases where evidence falls short.
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“[T]he victims want to be made whole. And so we want that,” Blanche said. “The attorney general wants that more than anything, but that doesn’t mean we can just create evidence or that we can just kind of come up with a case that doesn’t— that isn’t there.”
Blanche noted DOJ reviews conducted prior to the latest document release concluded no actionable criminal information existed against previously unindicted individuals. That assessment has not changed based on the released materials, he continued.
Epstein died Aug. 10, 2019, in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. His associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted in December 2021 on five federal counts related to recruiting and grooming underage girls.
The document release follows years of litigation from media organizations seeking access to sealed court records. The records consist of documents, videos, photos, and audio housed in the FBI’s primary case-management system. They largely stem from the bureau’s long-running Epstein investigations in Florida and New York. A July 2025 Federal Bureau of Investigation memo said the review uncovered more than 300 gigabytes of digital data and physical evidence.
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