Epstein Files Release Tracker
Updated as new releases occur.
This tracker lists each event that moved Jeffrey Epstein case records into the public domain: court-ordered unsealings of civil and criminal filings, official Department of Justice disclosures, legislative mandates, and congressional publication of deposition and interview materials. Each entry records the releasing body, the approximate volume of material, and a link to the primary source, so the raw record can be verified independently. Analysis pieces and leaked or unverified copies of documents are not counted as releases.
Releases arrive in batches rather than all at once for structural reasons. Court unsealings work through objections from individuals named in sealed filings and apply redactions to protect victim identities — Judge Loretta A. Preska began ordering the Giuffre v. Maxwell materials released in batches in 2022, a process that ran through December 2024. Government disclosures follow statutory deadlines and agency review: the Epstein Files Transparency Act set a 30-day clock, and the DOJ's compliance came in stages, with roughly 3 million of an acknowledged 6 million pages still withheld after the January 2026 release.
Release History (Newest First)
- House Oversight Committee
Sarah Kellen testifies to House Oversight
Volume: One transcribed interview
Jeffrey Epstein's former assistant Sarah Kellen gave closed-door, transcribed testimony to the House Oversight Committee on May 21, 2026, describing abuse by Epstein and denying she was a knowing co-conspirator. Chairman James Comer said Kellen provided additional names for committee follow-up, and committee leaders indicated they intended to release interview transcripts when possible.
- U.S. District Court (SDNY)
Purported Epstein note unsealed in Tartaglione docket
Volume: One unsealed exhibit
Judge Kenneth M. Karas ordered a purported Jeffrey Epstein note unsealed in the United States v. Tartaglione criminal docket on May 6, 2026, after a media access petition by The New York Times. The DOJ said it was seeing the note for the first time, and the document had not appeared in prior bulk releases. The unsealing is a records-access milestone, not a finding on the note's authenticity.
- House Oversight Committee
Howard Lutnick transcribed interview enters oversight record
Volume: One transcribed interview
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared voluntarily for a transcribed House Oversight interview on May 6, 2026, becoming one of the highest-ranking administration officials questioned in the committee's Epstein investigation. Lawmakers focused on whether later emails and meeting records conflicted with earlier public descriptions of his contact with Epstein. Publication of transcript excerpts remained pending after the session.
- House Oversight Committee
House Oversight releases Clinton deposition materials
Volume: Deposition video and transcript materials
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat for a closed-door House Oversight deposition in Chappaqua, New York on February 26, 2026, testifying that she had no knowledge of Epstein's or Maxwell's crimes and could not recall meeting Epstein. The committee then released video and transcript materials from Bill and Hillary Clinton's depositions in early March 2026, letting researchers compare headline claims against the primary record.
- Department of Justice
DOJ publishes 3.5 million pages under the Transparency Act
Volume: ~3.5 million pages, ~2,000 videos, ~180,000 images
On January 30, 2026, the Department of Justice published approximately 3.5 million pages of Epstein case records — the largest single disclosure in the case's history — along with roughly 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. The materials include FBI investigative reports, witness interview summaries, financial records, forensic evidence summaries, and internal DOJ memos. The DOJ acknowledged that roughly 6 million total pages exist, meaning about 3 million pages remain withheld on victim-privacy, CSAM-exclusion, law-enforcement, and national-security grounds.
- Department of Justice
DOJ releases initial batch under the Transparency Act
Volume: Initial compliance batch (heavily redacted)
The DOJ published its first batch of records under the Epstein Files Transparency Act on December 19, 2025. The batch drew immediate criticism from lawmakers, journalists, and victim advocates for heavy redactions that obscured key names, dates, and details, prompting calls for a more transparent follow-up release.
- U.S. Congress / President
Epstein Files Transparency Act signed into law
Volume: Release mandate covering all DOJ Epstein files
President Trump signed H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, on November 19, 2025 after the House passed it 427-1 and the Senate cleared it by unanimous consent. Modeled on the 1992 JFK Records Act, the law compels the Attorney General to make the Epstein prosecution files publicly available in searchable, downloadable form on a 30-day deadline and to give congressional committees an unredacted list of government officials named in the files.
- Department of Justice
AG Bondi declassifies flight logs and contact book
Volume: Flight logs, 97-page contact book, masseuse list, evidence inventory
Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced the declassification and release of the first official government batch of Epstein files on February 14, 2025: his flight logs, the redacted 97-page contact book, a masseuse list, and a comprehensive evidence inventory from searches of his properties. The release authenticated documents that had previously circulated only in leaked or unverified form. Presence of a name in the flight logs or contact book does not, by itself, indicate involvement in any crime.
- U.S. District Court (SDNY)
Final Giuffre v. Maxwell batch ordered unsealed
Volume: Final batch of civil-case documents
Judge Loretta A. Preska ordered the final batch of documents from the Giuffre v. Maxwell civil case unsealed on December 18, 2024. The order closed out the court-supervised unsealing process that had released depositions, exhibits, and correspondence from the 2015 defamation suit in batches throughout the year.
- U.S. District Court (SDNY)
Giuffre v. Maxwell unsealing: 4,553 pages, 150+ names
Volume: 4,553 pages naming 150+ individuals
Pursuant to Judge Loretta A. Preska's December 2023 unsealing order, the first batch of roughly 943 pages from the Giuffre v. Maxwell defamation case was released on January 3, 2024, with further batches following through the month. In total, 4,553 pages were unsealed, containing depositions, emails, flight log excerpts, and phone records that named more than 150 individuals connected to Epstein's network. The court and legal analysts emphasized that most individuals were mentioned in passing or as witnesses, and appearance in the filings is not an accusation of wrongdoing.
- Florida Statewide Grand Jury
Florida grand jury releases final report
Volume: Final report
The Florida Statewide Grand Jury released the final conclusions of its investigation into the handling of the original Epstein case, examining how Epstein received favorable treatment and how the criminal justice system failed his victims. The report also set out the systemic changes the grand jury concluded were needed.
- U.S. District Court (SDNY)
First Giuffre v. Maxwell unsealing: 2,024 pages
Volume: 2,024 pages
Following the Second Circuit's ruling ordering the unsealing of summary judgment materials in Giuffre v. Maxwell (No. 18-2868), roughly 2,024 pages of documents from the civil case were released in August 2019. This was the first major wave of unsealed records from the litigation, preceding the batch releases that continued into the 2020s.
Explore the Released Records
The archive indexes documents from every release listed above, organized by category and cross-referenced by the people and events they describe. Browse the full document index or view the case chronologically year by year.