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US watchdog announces Epstein files audit
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein have continued campaigning for more transparency, including at a congressional hearing with Pam Bondi in February. (AP: Tom Brenner)
The Department of Justice inspector general has announced an audit of the government release of the Epstein files.
The audit will review how the department identified, redacted and released records.
Some survivors have kept up a campaign for more transparency because some files were not published and some information was blacked out or held back.
An internal US government watchdog says it will audit the justice department's handling of the Epstein files following months of controversy over redactions, missed deadlines and the publication of survivors' details.
As Trump inspector general nominee waits in wings, Epstein files audit draws muted praise
Survivors and allies are cautiously optimistic, but one former IG warned that an audit won’t get at how the Justice Department bungled the Epstein files so badly.
After the Justice Department announced Thursday that its Office of the Inspector General intends to audit the department’s response to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, one small detail tended to go unremarked: President Donald Trump recently put forward his own nominee to lead the office conducting that audit.
William Blier, a DOJ employee of roughly 40 years, is currently the acting inspector general in charge of the office. Blier, the longtime deputy inspector general, has served in that office for almost 20 years and, prior to that, was a career federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., for two decades.
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US govt watchdog to review release of Epstein files
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The US Justice Department's internal watchdog says it will investigate how the department complied with a law requiring the release of investigative files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The DOJ's Office of Inspector General, which operates independently of the department, said it would "evaluate the DOJ's processes for identifying, redacting and releasing records in its possession as required by the act".
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