(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Attorney General Todd Blanche has claimed that there are no national security secrets included in the “Epstein files”—the trove of documents the Justice Department holds on deceased multimillionaire sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
“There’s not some tranche of super-secret documents about Jeffrey Epstein that we’re withholding,” Blanche said around the time that the DOJ started releasing the Epstein files last winter.
However, an inventory of the Epstein files shows that, contrary to what Blanche said, there is classified information included in the files. Government documents ostensibly can only be classified if their release would damage national security.
Todd Blanche: "There's not some tranche of super-secret documents about Jeffrey Epstein that we're withholding."
The Epstein files inventory: https://t.co/nyndeReyGQ pic.twitter.com/gDpoeOxFJV
— Ken Silva (@JD_Cashless) October 30, 2026
The document that shows there’s classified material in the Epstein files is an inventory compiled by the FBI when they were redacting the files for public disclosure. The inventory says that on March 3, 2025, agents responded to a “request for any documents at a higher classification (50D serials 538, 539, 684).”
The inventory further reveals the presence of an “Inventory sheet with page counts and red lines showing classified material (x2).” It also says there are “CDs with classified materials (x2).”
The inventory was first reported by CBS News, which noted that the Epstein Files Transparency Act—which Congress passed to force disclosure of the files—authorizes withholding information in the interest of national security or foreign policy.
CBS also reported that there appears to be missing documents from the Epstein files, including financial records collected as evidence in a federal prosecution.
The Justice Department’s internal watchdog announced a review in April of the department’s compliance with the law mandating the release of the Epstein files.
The review from the inspector general’s office will focus on how the department collected, reviewed and redacted materials in preparation for their release, as well as its process for addressing concerns that arose after the files were made public, when Epstein survivors complained that personal information about them had been disclosed.
Meanwhile, at least 3 million documents from the Epstein files have yet to be released, according to public reports.
Ken Silva is the editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/jd_cashless.
