Todd Blanch
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And so there's not been a change of course or anything.
And certainly his direction to the American people and the Department of Justice, sorry, his direction to the Department of Justice was to be as transparent, release the files, be as transparent as we can.
And that's exactly what we did.
The 2,000 videos and 180,000 images are not all videos and images taken by Mr. Epstein or someone around him.
They include large quantities of commercial pornography and images that were seized from Epstein's devices
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch says more than 500 lawyers and other Justice Department staff worked through weekends and holidays to comply with the mandate from Congress.
He says the reviewers had to examine the equivalent of two Eiffel Towers of pages to decide what materials to release.
The Justice Department continues to withhold papers that depict violence or involve attorney-client privilege.
DOJ says some of the material contains sensational and false claims.
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to release the Epstein files.
Once in office, he fought efforts in Congress to press for their full release.
Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.
Today, we are producing more than 3 million pages, including more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.
In total, that means that the department produced approximately 3.5 million pages in compliance with the Act.
The 2,000 videos and 180,000 images are not all videos and images taken by Mr. Epstein or someone around him.
They include large quantities of commercial pornography and images that were seized from Epstein's devices.
Criticism I have of Kevin Warsh.
is lack of judgment, okay?
Because the performance, his performance during the financial crisis was not a particularly good one.