The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it received from the FBI and a New York prosecutor's office approximately one million new documents allegedly related to the case of the child molester Jeffrey Epstein, which it must review before making them public.

"We have lawyers working tirelessly to review and make the legally required redactions to protect victims, and we will release the documents as soon as possible. Due to the large volume of material, this process could take a few more weeks," the department detailed in a social media message.

A law passed by Congress last November required the Donald Trump Administration to release all unclassified documentation on the Epstein case by Friday, December 19. Epstein died by suicide in prison in 2019.

The Department of Justice, however, only released a portion of the files on that day, including several photos of former Democratic President Bill Clinton with Epstein, arguing that the volume of information was too large and that it needed time to review all the content. This drew criticism from Democratic opposition and victims.

In a new batch released on Monday, the name of Trump—who reportedly traveled several times on the financier's private plane—appears repeatedly, but there is no indication that he participated in Epstein's sexual crimes.

According to the Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, the FBI and the Southern District of New York Prosecutor's Office have discovered "more than one million additional documents, potentially related to the Jeffrey Epstein case."

The department committed to reviewing them and continuing to "fully comply with federal law and President Trump's order to release the files."

Initially, Trump did not support the release of the Epstein documents—with whom he maintained a friendship until 2004, long before Epstein was accused of child prostitution—but the president had to reverse course and sign the law after seeing the strong support it received in Congress.