DOJ cannot provide unredacted Epstein files for New Mexico probe

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Detroit News/Reuters

Updated July 15, 2026, 8:19 p.m. ET


The U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday it was prohibited by law from releasing unredacted files on Jeffrey Epstein requested by New Mexico, escalating a feud with state officials investigating the late sex offender. New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez released a letter on Tuesday accusing the DOJ of deliberately obstructing the state's criminal probe of Epstein by failing to hand over the files.

“Federal law, court orders, and privacy protections for victims and witnesses do not allow us to release millions of unredacted documents," a U.S. Justice Department spokesperson said in a statement. "We will continue to follow federal law and the court orders that are in place."

In February, the Democratic-run state re-opened an investigation into activities at Epstein's former ranch, south of the capital Santa Fe, where he is accused of abusing women and girls for nearly three decades.

In response to the state's request that month for unredacted files, Torrez said the U.S. Attorney's Office for New Mexico on July 10 provided 31 pages of documents that had already been made public, contained redacted material that was unusable or were photocopies of local news stories.

Read more: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2026/07/15/trumps-doj-cant-release-unredacted-files-for-nm-epstein-probe/90933674007/

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[hookaleft]

1. That is such bullshit

The Epstein Transparency Act demands that they be released with redactions only of the survivors.

[24601]

9. Someone gave you bad information. There are five categories of information that may be withheld. Here is the link to the

law: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4405/text

Information about the survivors is included in the first category.

Verbatim text addressing withholdings:

(1) The Attorney general may withhold or redact the segregable portions of records that—

(A) contain personally identifiable information of victims or victims’ personal and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;

(B) depict or contain child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) as defined under 18 U.S.C. 2256 and prohibited under 18 U.S.C. 2252–2252A;

(C) would jeopardize an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution, provided that such withholding is narrowly tailored and temporary;

(D) depict or contain images of death, physical abuse, or injury of any person; or

(E) contain information specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive order.

[AllaN01Bear]

13. beat me to it.:):):)

[mopinko]

2. oh, sure, court orders,

which dont exist. sure, sure, they’re gonna obey court orders.

[Wiz Imp]

3. The big question now is how long it will take the coming lawsuit demanding the release of this info

to be adjudicated in court? And when the DOJ loses, how long will their appeals take? The underlying question is what specifically are they hiding and why? It's clearly something really awful.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

16. They're going to run out the clock until he dies.

[Wiz Imp]

18. Who, Trump? This is much bigger than Trump.

Every single person who was involved in Epstein's sex trafficking needs to be held accountable. Beyond that, I wouldn't count on being able to run out the clock on this. When this sees a courtroom, the DOJ will definitely be forced to turn over this info.

[dlk]

4. Trump's DOJ will do anything and everything to protect him, and cover up this massive crime

It is doubtful we will be seeing any more of the Epstein files and there will be no further investigations or prosecutions. It’s likely any remaining files have already been destroyed. Trump’s criminal takeover of the DOJ is a fait accompli.

[purr-rat beauty]

10. They're out there

Someone has them for good keeping

blackmail is effective foreign policy as we see

[purr-rat beauty]

5. Obstruction, Contempt, Conspiracy...

"Meh, A felony here, a felony there, a raped child here, a dead child there..."

I don't see why it wouldn't be perfectly acceptable for the citizens of this nation to grab these fucks by their necks and give them a taste of their own medicine. A breaking point is coming.

[GiqueCee]

6. Show us the statutes...

... that countermand the court order that the files be released UNREDACTED, save for the exclusion of victims' names, you lying fucks!

[Wonder Why]

7. They use the law as an excuse? They don't know what the word law even means.

[sakabatou]

8. Dump's DOJ should rename itself "The Injustice League"

[ChicagoTeamster]

11. No surprises here. They know who's in the files. They're either being blackmailed, or bribed, or both.

Because everybody knows by now, when you work for Trump, you eventually wind up under the bus. So they have to make as much as they can before they get to the last bus stop.

[Cheezoholic]

12. Have they started razing this place yet? Dug it all up yet? I heard that was the intent then may have been stopped

Crickets on that aspect. If they let them move forward with whatever the "new owners" wanted to do, it's destroying a potential crime scene.

[travelingthrulife]

14. Aren't these the records they took from New Mexico? They are handing it over for

further legal investigation, not to the public.

Endless lies with these monsters.

[ashredux]

15. Duh 🙄. Of course not. Trump's names all over the damn file.

I’m surprised I just haven’t had a big bonfire

[SamuelAdams]

17. They are going out of their way to protect child predators.

The Republican party and 40% or so of Americans are just fine with it. But we have been told for a decade we need to embrace these people and consider their feelings.