An additional 50,000 files linked to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein are reportedly set to be released later this week.
The files, which were mentioned in the tranche released in January, were withheld by the US Department of Justice, with the deputy attorney-general, Todd Blanche, insisting they were withheld to protect survivors.
The documents are believed to contain unverified claims about the US President, including FBI notes from 2019 interviews with a woman who made allegations against both Epstein and Trump.
It comes after a Wall Street Journal and CBS analysis found that 47,635 files appeared to be missing from the tranche of documents released to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
The department said they had been taken 'offline for further review and should be ready for re-production by the end of the week.'
Officials previously stated some files contained fake or false materials that were sent to the FBI by the public and may 'contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump.'
Files that are still public contain a 2025 memo in which federal officials wrote that the woman had said that Epstein introduced her to Trump and that she claimed the now-US president had assaulted her in a violent encounter when she was a minor in 1983.
Trump has denied the allegations made against him, and there was no assessment by the FBI about the credibility of her accusation.
The woman was also deemed ineligible for the Epstein victims' compensation programme, which paid settlements to more than 130 Epstein victims.
A justice department official said 'nothing has been deleted', but Democratic members of the House oversight committee investigating Epstein have criticised the redactions.
The DOJ last month said it was reviewing whether it wrongfully withheld documents in the Epstein files containing allegations against Trump.
Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the DOJ is required to publicise most documents related to the cases against Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
The department is only permitted to withhold files under the act if they are duplicates, fall under attorney-client privilege, could hurt an ongoing investigation or are completely unrelated to the Epstein and Maxwell cases.
The law specifically prohibits the department from withholding or redacting files because they could be embarrassing to public officials.
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