{"id":86255,"date":"2026-06-26T02:58:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T02:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/whats-missing-from-the-epstein-files-questions-persist-about-unexplained-redactions-missing-documents-email-gaps\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T02:58:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T02:58:41","slug":"whats-missing-from-the-epstein-files-questions-persist-about-unexplained-redactions-missing-documents-email-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/whats-missing-from-the-epstein-files-questions-persist-about-unexplained-redactions-missing-documents-email-gaps\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s missing from the Epstein files? Questions persist about unexplained redactions, missing documents, email gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>When the Department of Justice released <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/epstein-files-released-doj-2026\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">more than 3 million pages<\/a><\/span> of documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, survivors, advocates <a href=\"https:\/\/oversightdemocrats.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/ranking-member-robert-garcia-statement-as-epstein-white-house-cover-up-continues-doj-releases-only-half-of-epstein-files-after-months-of-defying-oversight-committee-subpoena-and-epstein-files-transparency-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and lawmakers<\/a> quickly raised questions about an apparent discrepancy: the DOJ had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/media\/1426091\/dl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> it collected more than 6 million pages of material during its investigation but was only releasing half that number.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department tells CBS News it &#8220;has released every document required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act,&#8221; and maintains that those unreleased 3 million documents were either duplicative, unrelated to Epstein or protected by legal privilege.<\/p>\n<p>But concerns persist about evidence that important <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.senate.gov\/news\/release\/as-doj-continues-to-withhold-epstein-files-about-accusations-against-trump-whitehouse-demands-that-doj-follow-the-law-and-preserve-all-related-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documents<\/a> are still being withheld. CBS News has analyzed the archive not only for what has been disclosed, but also for documents that appear to be absent. Our key findings include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Questionable redactions, including public figures&#8217; names<\/li>\n<li>Most Epstein emails from older accounts not included in files<\/li>\n<li>Missing email attachments<\/li>\n<li>No record of Signal communications<\/li>\n<li>Lack of massage scheduling records after 2009<\/li>\n<li>Missing prison surveillance footage<\/li>\n<li>Missing documents from DEA investigation into Epstein<\/li>\n<li>Other potentially relevant materials from ICE, Treasury, CIA and other agencies were not included because the law only applies to DOJ records.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Government Accountability Office recently announced it was launching an investigation into the way documents that were released had information blacked out. That move comes at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/GAO-Epstein-Files-Redactions-Review-Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">request<\/a> of several members of Congress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, says that if there are duplicates, &#8220;OK, that&#8217;s fine, let&#8217;s see them.&#8221; He adds, &#8220;I think what people need to understand is \u2026 we&#8217;re not sure what&#8217;s in the 3 million.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the unprecedented volume of material now available, it&#8217;s apparent that many gaps remain in the public record surrounding Epstein&#8217;s activities, his communication, the federal investigations into him and the circumstances surrounding his <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jeffrey-epstein-cell-where-he-died-disarray-no-thorough-inspection\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">death behind bars<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our review identified several areas where important questions remain unanswered or documents appear to remain unreleased.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Redaction issues<\/h2>\n<p>The Epstein Files Transparency Act provides only limited grounds for withholding information or redacting names. Its primary purpose is to protect victims. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/Epstein-Files-Transparency-Act.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The bill<\/a> specifically excluded &#8220;reputational harm, or political sensitivity&#8221; as a reason for redacting. Yet in many instances prominent individuals&#8217; names were redacted while victims&#8217; names were not.<\/p>\n<p>Some redactions seem difficult to justify. In one example, a text where Epstein sent Steve Bannon a link to an article, Bannon&#8217;s face was blacked out in a photo that had already been publicly posted online.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/84254687-484a-402f-b18c-f7435c5e87e4\/thumbnail\/620x333\/afb83afd96cad4ba141fd8279c530d07\/bannon2.jpg#\" alt=\"bannon2.jpg \" height=\"333\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/84254687-484a-402f-b18c-f7435c5e87e4\/thumbnail\/620x333\/afb83afd96cad4ba141fd8279c530d07\/bannon2.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/84254687-484a-402f-b18c-f7435c5e87e4\/thumbnail\/1240x666\/5f9d2d1be5e92671f6d865dd8a5b6e5c\/bannon2.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The DOJ redacted a photo of Steve Bannon in the Epstein files.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                U.S. Department of Justice<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elsewhere, the names of business contacts and acquaintances of Epstein appear to have been redacted without an obvious reason under the terms of the law.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/19\/db342f43-3afc-4354-93a0-aba3d9248b75\/thumbnail\/620x368\/829ba97783f412837922c6e31e53ac8f\/epstein-emails-nonames5.jpg#\" alt=\"epstein-emails-nonames5.jpg \" height=\"368\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/19\/db342f43-3afc-4354-93a0-aba3d9248b75\/thumbnail\/620x368\/829ba97783f412837922c6e31e53ac8f\/epstein-emails-nonames5.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/19\/db342f43-3afc-4354-93a0-aba3d9248b75\/thumbnail\/1240x736\/7794b4294577d482fd57cc50fa10a880\/epstein-emails-nonames5.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Many of the emails in the Epstein files had the names of his contacts and associates redacted. Some were later unredacted after CBS News inquired about them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                U.S. Department of Justice<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In another widely cited example, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%2011\/EFTA02332411.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2002 email<\/a> with the signoff &#8220;Love, Melania&#8221; had the full name and email of the sender and receiver redacted. In April, first lady <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/melania-trump-jeffrey-epstein-relationship-denial\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Melania Trump<\/a><\/span> acknowledged having exchanged emails with Ghislaine Maxwell, saying in a statement that it &#8220;cannot be categorized as anything more than casual correspondence. My polite reply to her email doesn&#8217;t amount to anything more than a trivial note.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/814cbfe5-d9d9-4c29-8ea1-28386269a13a\/thumbnail\/620x219\/cbf4b3f419ee4d25b745a0ef0bb69c29\/epstein-melania-email.jpg#\" alt=\"epstein-melania-email.jpg \" height=\"219\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/814cbfe5-d9d9-4c29-8ea1-28386269a13a\/thumbnail\/620x219\/cbf4b3f419ee4d25b745a0ef0bb69c29\/epstein-melania-email.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/814cbfe5-d9d9-4c29-8ea1-28386269a13a\/thumbnail\/1240x438\/80c1b2000f617d89d0fa2a5c14958bbc\/epstein-melania-email.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A 2002 email in the Epstein files signed &#8220;Love, Melania,&#8221; with the sender&#8217;s and receiver&#8217;s names redacted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                U.S. Department of Justice<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Epstein Files Transparency Act requires the DOJ to provide a justification for every redaction. It permits withholding information that &#8220;would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,&#8221; but also states that all redactions must be accompanied by a written justification published in the Federal Register and submitted to Congress. The Department of Justice has made no attempt to address specific redactions and instead issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/media\/1434856\/dl?inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general statement<\/a> saying its redactions were &#8220;[c]onsistent with the Act.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Members of Congress have been given the opportunity to review redacted material, but the process is time consuming and some have complained their searches are <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bondi-epstein-files-search-history-hearing-pramila-jayapal\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">being monitored<\/a><\/span> by the DOJ.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After CBS News reached out to the DOJ for comment on these redactions, the photo of Bannon and two of the emails were quietly unredacted. After one of those was unredacted, it revealed the sender was former U.K. diplomat <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/uk-ambassador-peter-mandelson-fired-jeffrey-epstein-ties-by-keir-starmer\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Peter Mandelson<\/a><\/span>, who was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/peter-mandelson-arrested-former-uk-ambassador-to-us-epstein-files\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">arrested earlier this year<\/a><\/span> on suspicion of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/peter-mandelson-epstein-ex-uk-ambassador-to-us-police-investigation\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">mishandling<\/a><\/span> sensitive government documents, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c77m242z2j8o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC News reports<\/a> he denies. Mandelson has said he regrets his friendship with Epstein and says he never witnessed criminal activity.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/436e8e0a-2942-4860-aaa7-f0f3a2c61f67\/thumbnail\/620x184\/9d58a9e7cb3fd8d84b072d616c7ac842\/epstein-mandelson.jpg#\" alt=\"epstein-mandelson.jpg \" height=\"184\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/436e8e0a-2942-4860-aaa7-f0f3a2c61f67\/thumbnail\/620x184\/9d58a9e7cb3fd8d84b072d616c7ac842\/epstein-mandelson.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/436e8e0a-2942-4860-aaa7-f0f3a2c61f67\/thumbnail\/1240x368\/1e2478de5aef8a1e707ac40715a4a40d\/epstein-mandelson.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">After CBS News reached out to the DOJ, the name on this email from former British diplomat Peter Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein was unredacted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                U.S. Department of Justice<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>A gap in email communications<\/h2>\n<p>The DOJ released hundreds of thousands of Epstein&#8217;s emails. Nearly all originate from an email account he created around the time he went to jail in 2008: jeevacation@gmail.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Missing from the Epstein files are emails from his other, earlier accounts, including approximately 20,000 messages from Epstein&#8217;s jeeproject@yahoo.com account, which were previously obtained by hackers and later <a href=\"https:\/\/ddosecrets.org\/article\/epstein-emails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archived<\/a> by the nonprofit Distributed Denial of Secrets. It&#8217;s unclear if the DOJ itself ever obtained those emails.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some older email messages do appear in records apparently obtained from Ghislaine Maxwell&#8217;s accounts or other sources, but the DOJ&#8217;s release is missing most of Epstein&#8217;s earliest communications.<\/p>\n<p>However, a batch of documents raises questions about what the DOJ does have; a series of screengrab images of Epstein&#8217;s inbox for an email account littlestjeff@yahoo.com (a reference to his island, Little St. James) from the early 2000s \u2014 notably a period of time when Epstein was in touch with Donald Trump, whom he knew through New York and Palm Beach social circles. The sender and recipient fields on those records are heavily redacted. Mr. Trump has repeatedly claimed he has never used email, but those communications could potentially have references to Epstein&#8217;s relationship with Mr. Trump and others. This was also the period in which Epstein was found to have been recruiting underage girls for sexual massages, and would likely have been of high interest to investigators.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told CBS News, &#8220;Just as President Trump has said, he&#8217;s been totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein. And by releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee&#8217;s subpoena request, signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and calling for more investigations into Epstein&#8217;s Democrat friends, President Trump has done more for Epstein&#8217;s victims than anyone before him.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the DOJ apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%209\/EFTA00577049.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">having access<\/a> to Epstein&#8217;s inbox, only a handful of emails from that account were included in the release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Internal FBI communications<\/h2>\n<p>The release includes a substantial amount of internal DOJ and FBI correspondence. The names of many DOJ and FBI officials involved in those communications have been redacted, making it difficult to reconstruct who was responsible for key investigative actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/0fcd6174-f74a-4fe5-9cf3-646e0f1fd352\/thumbnail\/620x149\/566e7b916f75902ae2cd687079e9805d\/fbi-redacted.jpg#\" alt=\"fbi-redacted.jpg \" height=\"149\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/0fcd6174-f74a-4fe5-9cf3-646e0f1fd352\/thumbnail\/620x149\/566e7b916f75902ae2cd687079e9805d\/fbi-redacted.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/0fcd6174-f74a-4fe5-9cf3-646e0f1fd352\/thumbnail\/1240x298\/9acbc75cfda44774e3a9570ea14c7e6e\/fbi-redacted.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A portion of an email in the Epstein files with names of FBI officials redacted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                U.S. Department of Justice<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Missing email attachments<\/h2>\n<p>Numerous emails in the archive reference attached documents that do not appear to have been included in the release.<\/p>\n<p>One example concerns the theft of approximately 30 firearms from Epstein&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/new-mexico-reopens-investigation-jeffrey-epstein-zorro-ranch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Zorro Ranch property<\/a><\/span> in New Mexico. In August 2018, an employee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%209\/EFTA01026490.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emailed Epstein<\/a> a file titled <em>&#8220;ZMC_-_Gun_Inventory.pdf,&#8221;<\/em> which contained information about the weapons, including their serial numbers. According to a New Mexico State Police report obtained by CBS News, those serial numbers were withheld from investigators during the theft investigation. CBS News was unable to locate any document containing firearm serial numbers in the released archive.<\/p>\n<p>Even where attachments may have been released, linking them back to the emails from which they originated is nearly impossible; the DOJ replaced original file names with its own document numbering system, making it difficult to determine whether such attachments were included elsewhere in the archive, or which email a file may have been originally attached to.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>The DEA investigation<\/h2>\n<p>One notable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%209\/EFTA00173953.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">document<\/a> in the files is a 69-page report produced by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Fusion Center identifying Epstein and 14 others as <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jeffrey-epstein-files-dea-document-drug-trafficking-investigation\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">targets of a DEA investigation<\/a><\/span> into alleged money laundering connected to ecstasy or ketamine trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation of that scope would likely have generated substantial records, including investigative reports, emails and financial analyses. None of that material was released.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/23\/26f98860-05ee-4b1a-9d13-1c215feaaacd\/thumbnail\/620x375\/62ba8d323695813dc3865d989eebba00\/epstein-dea-doc.jpg#\" alt=\"epstein-dea-doc.jpg \" height=\"375\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/23\/26f98860-05ee-4b1a-9d13-1c215feaaacd\/thumbnail\/620x375\/62ba8d323695813dc3865d989eebba00\/epstein-dea-doc.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/23\/26f98860-05ee-4b1a-9d13-1c215feaaacd\/thumbnail\/1240x750\/1d36801c74e5dca1c17bf7b0a316c095\/epstein-dea-doc.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Jeffrey Epstein, at right, and the cover page of a 2015 Drug Enforcement Administration memo listing him as one of 15 people targeted in an investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Document released by Department of Justice<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The DEA denied CBS News&#8217; requests for related records under the Freedom of Information Act and also declined a request from Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden seeking additional information about the investigation, the senator&#8217;s office told CBS News.<\/p>\n<h2>Other agencies and investigations\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/business\/1994\/02\/18\/financier-charged-in-sale-of-450-million-in-fraudulent-securities\/9e545b4e-4703-4695-b727-dff0a41ebf79\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reporting by the Washington Post<\/a> revealed that Epstein had been named in an investigation in the 1990s into <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jeffrey-epstein-worked-at-towers-financial-with-stephen-hoffenberg-who-committed-ponzi-scheme-crimes\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Towers Financial<\/a><\/span>, a notorious Ponzi scheme, but was never charged. Documents related to that investigation were not included in the release despite it having been conducted by the DOJ.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One notable limitation of the law requiring the Epstein files&#8217; release is that it only applies to the DOJ. Other agencies may have documents relating to Epstein that they have not released.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The document about the DEA investigation revealed three separate Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigations, two of which had already been closed by the time of the 2015 report and one that was listed as pending. But ICE, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, is not covered by the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Neither are other government agencies including the State Department, Treasury Department, CIA or NSA, which may have collected material on Epstein over the past several decades. (With his global network of political and business contacts, Epstein himself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%209\/EFTA01082913.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wondered<\/a> if U.S. intelligence had files on him.)<\/p>\n<h2>Index issues\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>CBS News spent weeks analyzing indexes of files provided to Ghislaine Maxwell by the DOJ during her criminal case. This same index had been used previously by media outlets to identify three missing FBI interview records, known as 302s, in which agents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%209\/EFTA00095751.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documented<\/a> what they were told by Epstein accusers who made claims about Mr. Trump. He has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>This index used a Bates numbering \u2014 a common legal document indexing system \u2014 to catalog records. More than 70% of the roughly 5,000 documents listed in the index could not be located through searches of the released archive using their assigned document numbers, according to a CBS News analysis.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ told CBS News that many of the missing entries may have been identified as duplicates, and therefore were excluded from publication. Using contextual clues, including witness interview dates and document descriptions, some files could be located elsewhere, but for many that was not possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One example involves an individual named Joseph Alvarez, also known as &#8220;Gypsy Gita.&#8221; Gita had previously reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-8608225\/One-Jeffrey-Epsteins-sex-slaves-claims-massage-guru-introduced-Ghislaine-Maxwell.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">been named<\/a> by one Epstein survivor as someone who introduced her to Ghislaine Maxwell. Alvarez died in 2021. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/0a426972-7855-4621-aeb8-f13b0f0b4869\/thumbnail\/620x485\/95a83bf85158c6724d5c3ae888447f91\/epstein-gita.jpg#\" alt=\"epstein-gita.jpg \" height=\"485\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/0a426972-7855-4621-aeb8-f13b0f0b4869\/thumbnail\/620x485\/95a83bf85158c6724d5c3ae888447f91\/epstein-gita.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/0a426972-7855-4621-aeb8-f13b0f0b4869\/thumbnail\/1240x970\/38d5b30b246b70708b73ddb75ee475fd\/epstein-gita.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The Epstein files include these photos related to Joseph Alvarez, also known as &#8220;Gypsy Gita.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                U.S. Department of Justice<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CBS News was unable to locate four of eight documents associated with Alvarez in the index. Of the documents that were present, one was a picture of Alvarez with Donald Trump, one was Alvarez&#8217;s business card and two were photographs of large bags of cash. The four missing documents were listed as &#8220;alvarez asset report,&#8221; &#8220;alvarez law enforcement report,&#8221; &#8220;alvarez contact card report&#8221; and &#8220;screenshot of [redacted] facebook.&#8221; It&#8217;s unclear from the documents why these photos were included in the case files.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Massage scheduling communications<\/h2>\n<p>One of the most conspicuous absences is communication relating to the scheduling of massages in the years prior to Epstein&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein was known to have multiple massages each day, a practice that he used as a mechanism for recruiting and exploiting young women and girls. When authorities searched his Palm Beach residence in 2005, investigators found hundreds of messages from women and girls that they said referred to the scheduling of massage appointments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/8ca7e3d6-5b5e-4a00-acc8-45c93cbe0a3b\/thumbnail\/620x465\/b21c039b5fac3600f6ac7d1ad3d91578\/epstein-phone-messages.jpg#\" alt=\"epstein-phone-messages.jpg \" height=\"465\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/8ca7e3d6-5b5e-4a00-acc8-45c93cbe0a3b\/thumbnail\/620x465\/b21c039b5fac3600f6ac7d1ad3d91578\/epstein-phone-messages.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/8ca7e3d6-5b5e-4a00-acc8-45c93cbe0a3b\/thumbnail\/1240x930\/0ea7850a5130bf6ce21a3849e111441d\/epstein-phone-messages.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A few of the notes from the Epstein files about scheduling massages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                U.S. Department of Justice \/ Names and phone numbers redacted by CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yet the released archive contains little correspondence about how appointments were arranged after his release from jail in 2009.<\/p>\n<h2>Signal messages<\/h2>\n<p>Epstein frequently encouraged associates to communicate using the encrypted messaging app Signal.<\/p>\n<p>No Signal messages have been included in the release; it is possible that investigators were unable to obtain them.<\/p>\n<p>Among those who apparently used Signal to communicate with Epstein were technology investor Peter Thiel and real estate investor Thomas Barrack. Barrack, a longtime friend of Mr. Trump, is now U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Iraq. Both Thiel and Barrack were involved in Mr. Trump&#8217;s 2016 presidential campaign. They have not been accused of any wrongdoing in the Epstein case.<\/p>\n<h2>Suspicious activity reports<\/h2>\n<p>Suspicious activity reports, which document millions of dollars in transactions made by Epstein that were flagged by financial institutions, were released, retracted and then re-released in an entirely redacted form. They originated from the Treasury Department but were used in the DOJ&#8217;s investigation of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jeffrey-epstein-charged-two-counts-of-sex-trafficking-underaged-girls-pleads-not-guilty-today-live-updates-2019-07-08\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Epstein&#8217;s<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/ghislaine-maxwell-verdict-2021-12-29\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Maxwell&#8217;s crimes<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/7fe8e596-9f81-4338-a26f-3095045f554b\/thumbnail\/620x375\/a3324441ceff287ea688ac5fa5382205\/epstein-fincen-combo.jpg#\" alt=\"epstein-fincen-combo.jpg \" height=\"375\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/7fe8e596-9f81-4338-a26f-3095045f554b\/thumbnail\/620x375\/a3324441ceff287ea688ac5fa5382205\/epstein-fincen-combo.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/18\/7fe8e596-9f81-4338-a26f-3095045f554b\/thumbnail\/1240x750\/65b162fa83626406b97c3fab8246141f\/epstein-fincen-combo.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">At left, a suspicious activity report on Epstein&#8217;s financial transactions. At right, the DOJ took the form down and then re-released it with the contents entirely redacted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                U.S. Department of Justice<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Prison videos\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%209\/EFTA00164855.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">document<\/a> from the Epstein files revealed that the DOJ had footage from 147 cameras from the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jeffrey-epstein-jail-video-investigation\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Metropolitan Correctional Center<\/a><\/span> covering a 24-hour period before and after Epstein died, totaling over 8 terabytes of data. The internal documents indicate that the footage does not reveal anything significant &#8220;since the cameras in the Special Housing Unit \u2026 were not active at the time.&#8221; Even so, by law, those videos should have been released.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also missing are videos from July 23, 2019, the night Epstein apparently first <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jeffrey-epstein-claimed-cellmate-tried-to-kill-him\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">tried to take his life<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Lawsuits and hearings\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>The independent journalist Katie Phang is currently suing the Department of Justice to force it to provide justifications for many of the redactions and release additional documents. According to former Attorney General Pam Bondi, her deputy and now Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was responsible for handling the redaction and release of the Epstein files.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/todd-blanche-jeffrey-epstein-house-oversight-committee-james-comer\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">requested that Blanche appear<\/a><\/span> before the committee and answer questions about that process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__heading-wrapper recirc\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">Jeffrey Epstein Case<br \/>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/jeffrey-epstein\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--lg\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n                More<br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                  <use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/>\n                <\/svg><br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                      <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/epstein-files-whats-missing\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Department of Justice released more than 3 million pages of documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, survivors,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[7872,3283,786],"class_list":["post-86255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-ghislaine-maxwell","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-united-states-department-of-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What&#039;s missing from the Epstein files? 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