By law, the government was required to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein in December. Now the attorney general said they will be out “in the near term.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a filing that the Justice Department’s efforts to release the Epstein files involved hundreds of lawyers and other staff members.
Prosecutors say the three men used their money, power and status to sexually assault women, including two underage girls. The men have denied the charges.
The trial for Oren, Tal and Alon Alexander is set to start on Tuesday. The brothers have been accused of running a sex-trafficking conspiracy in Miami and Manhattan.