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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Trump DOJ still withholding "50%" of the Epstein files, top Dem says

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

Politics, Washington, Congress, News, Ms Now, President, Versant Media, Policy, Versant, Government, Senate

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Trump DOJ is still withholding 50% of the Epstein files, according to Rep. Robert Garcia. Plus, American journalist Don Lemon is released from his arrest for covering protests in Minnesota. Also, the largest federal employee union calls for the firing of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. And fatal ICE shootings lead to nationwide protests. Lisa Rubin, Leah Greenberg, Sara Nelson, Zack Beauchamp, and Rep. Kelly Morrison join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0

Today, the Trump Justice Department released more than three million pages of documents from the Epstein files, which seems like a lot of documents, but it's reportedly only half of what the Justice Department actually has.

0:15.3

Donald Trump and the Department of Justice just made it clear right now that they intend to withhold approximately

0:24.3

50% or half of the Epstein files while claiming to fully complied with the law. This is outrageous

0:36.6

and incredibly concerning. Now, the Oversight Committee

0:41.8

subpoena, which we have had in place now since the summer, had directed the Attorney

0:47.5

General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice to release all the files to our committee,

0:56.4

of course, while also protecting our survivors. They are now in violation of that law.

1:03.7

Now, the two lawmakers who worked tirelessly with survivors to pass that Epstein Files Transparency

1:10.1

Act, the Democrat Roe-Kana and the Republican

1:12.6

Thomas Bassi, sent this letter to Todd Blanche tonight, the Deputy Attorney General, with demands

1:17.7

for the specific material that they say that Trump DOJ has refused to release. Quote, as the bipartisan

1:24.8

lead sponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, we write to formally

1:29.5

request access to unredacted documents of the Jeffrey Epstein files given ongoing reported

1:36.0

concerns regarding the scope and consistency of redactions in the documents released to date.

1:41.6

We respectfully request a meeting to review the unredacted records.

1:46.1

In particular, we seek access to the following categories of materials. First, hundreds of

1:52.5

thousands of pages of emails and other documents recovered from Jeffrey Epstein's email account

1:57.7

during the 2018 and 2019 investigations into Epstein and Gillesne Maxwell.

2:03.9

Secondly, victim interview statements from the initial Florida investigation and subsequent

2:09.0

investigations in New York. We understand that the department possesses FBI Form 302 reports

2:15.8

documenting these interviews. However, the materials released to date in this category

2:20.7

consist largely of pages that are fully redacted, providing no meaningful information for

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