2026年6月26日 美国东部时间下午12:17 / 福克斯新闻
已编辑的记录包括2007年的起诉书草案和发件人隐藏的电子邮件，其中一封涉及酷刑视频
作者：伊莱恩·马伦，福克斯新闻
一名联邦法官已下令司法部在7月2日前发布更多未编辑的杰弗里·爱泼斯坦相关记录，或说明将其密封的理由。这些已编辑版本的文件包含敏感的采访笔记，记录了一名未成年人未经证实的针对唐纳德·特朗普总统的性侵犯指控。
美国地区法官埃米特·沙利文是由克林顿任命的法官，在批准独立记者凯蒂·庞提出的初步禁令后发布了该命令。庞于4月起诉代理司法部长托德·布兰奇，指控司法部在她提出文件请求时，未遵守去年签署的《爱泼斯坦文件透明度法案》。该法律要求政府公开与爱泼斯坦相关的调查记录，但允许为保护受害者和其他受法律保护的信息进行有限编辑。
根据司法部透露，600多万份文件中已有超过一半公开，剩余文件因法律特权保护或属于重复文件而被扣留。但司法部因其编辑范围不断受到批评，批评人士认为其隐瞒了根据法律应公开的信息。
爱泼斯坦事件余波愈演愈烈，司法部监督机构深入调查案件处理情况
杰弗里·爱泼斯坦于2011年2月23日在纽约市户外行走。他是两党众议院监督委员会调查的对象。（大卫·麦格林 摄）
在一份48页的备忘录中，沙利文下令司法部要么披露几个关键爱泼斯坦记录的更少编辑版本，要么说明编辑理由。该命令涵盖的文件包括8封发件人或收件人隐藏的电子邮件；一份2007年的联邦起诉书草案（潜在同谋者姓名已被编辑），该草案从未正式提交；以及一封2019年的电子邮件，其中提及身份被隐藏的所谓同谋者。
在已编辑的记录中，有一封收件人身份被隐藏的电子邮件，爱泼斯坦在其中写道，他“喜欢”自己观看的一段酷刑视频。在诉讼过程中，布兰奇暗示收件人是中东富商苏丹·艾哈迈德·本·苏莱姆。
该命令还涵盖了联邦调查局2019年对一名提出涉及唐纳德·特朗普总统指控的女性的采访总结。在联邦调查局的采访总结中，这名女性称她在14或15岁时结识了爱泼斯坦，随后爱泼斯坦将她介绍给特朗普，并详细指控特朗普对其实施了性侵犯。这些指控未经证实，总统也否认了相关说法。特朗普在20世纪90年代和21世纪初与这位已故金融家是朋友，但在2000年代中期闹翻后断绝了往来。
司法部还必须发布一份完整的日志，列出根据《爱泼斯坦文件透明度法案》发布的记录中所有已进行的编辑。
司法部曾辩称应驳回该诉讼，理由是庞本可以通过《信息自由法》申请获取这些记录。沙利文驳回了这一论点，认为《信息自由法》无法为庞提供“充分救济”。
庞的律师表示，司法部此前拒绝了相关的《信息自由法》申请，这表明《信息自由法》并非获取这些记录的充分途径。
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代理美国司法部长托德·布兰奇。（安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社）
“我有权要求托德·布兰奇遵守沙利文法官的命令，该命令现在要求他在7月2日前要么拿出未编辑的文件，要么说明理由，”庞在梅达斯触摸网络的一档节目中表示，“他要么提交未编辑的文件，要么解释为什么他不应该或无法这么做。”
该裁决还指出，司法部此前曾承认，《爱泼斯坦文件透明度法案》要求的披露范围比通常通过《信息自由法》进行的披露更广，包括限制联邦公共记录法下通常可用的某些豁免条款。
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2019年联邦当局对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦提出人口贩运指控后，纽约警方拍摄的 mugshot。（基普罗斯/盖蒂图片社）
沙利文在涉及特朗普及其盟友的案件中已成为知名人物。他曾审理前国家安全顾问迈克尔·弗林的刑事案件，并在弗林认罪后质疑特朗普时期司法部撤销指控的举措。沙利文还主持了1月6日国会山骚乱案件的审理。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系司法部和白宫置评。
伊莱恩·马伦是福克斯新闻数字频道和福克斯商业频道的撰稿人，报道全国政治。
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Clinton judge orders DOJ to unseal the Epstein files it has been keeping hidden
2026-06-26 12:17pm EDT / Fox News
Redacted records include a 2007 draft indictment and emails with hidden senders including one about a torture video
By Elaine Mallon, Fox News
A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to release more unredacted Jeffrey Epstein records or justify keeping them sealed by July 2, with redacted versions of the files including sensitive interview notes documenting a minor’s uncorroborated sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, a Clinton-appointed judge, issued the order after granting a preliminary injunction sought by independent journalist Katie Phang, who sued Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in April. She alleged that the Justice Department failed to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act that was signed last year when she requested several documents. The law requires the government to make Epstein-related investigative records public while allowing limited redactions to protect victims and other legally protected information.
More than half of the six million files have been made publicly available, with the remaining files withheld because of legal privilege protections or because they are duplicates, according to the Justice Department. But the department has faced growing criticism over the scope of its redactions, with critics arguing it has concealed information that should be public under the law.
EPSTEIN FALLOUT GROWS AS DOJ WATCHDOG DIGS DEEPER INTO HANDLING OF THE CASE
Jeffrey Epstein walks outdoors in New York City on Feb. 23, 2011. He is the subject of a bipartisan House Oversight Committee investigation.(David McGlynn)
In a 48-page memorandum, Sullivan ordered the Justice Department to either disclose less-redacted versions of several key Epstein records or justify the redactions. The documents covered by the order include eight emails with hidden senders or recipients; a 2007 draft federal indictment — with the names of potential co-conspirators redacted — that was never filed; and a 2019 email referencing alleged co-conspirators whose identities were obscured.
Among the redacted records is an email — with the recipient’s identity concealed — in which Epstein wrote that he “loved” a torture video he watched. During the litigation, Blanche suggested the recipient was wealthy Middle Eastern businessman Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem.
The order also covers FBI records summarizing 2019 interviews with a woman who made allegations involving President Donald Trump. In the FBI’s interview summary, the woman alleged she met Epstein when she was 14 or 15 years old and that he later introduced her to Trump, whom she accused of sexually assaulting her in explicit detail. Those claims are uncorroborated, and the president has denied the allegations. Trump was friends with the late financier in the 1990s and early 2000s but cut ties after a falling-out in the mid-2000s.
The Justice Department is also required to issue a complete log of every redaction made in records released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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The Justice Department had argued the lawsuit should be dismissed because Phang could have sought the records through the Freedom of Information Act. Sullivan rejected that argument, concluding that FOIA did not provide Phang an “adequate remedy.”
Phang’s lawyers said the department’s previous denial of related FOIA requests showed that FOIA was not an adequate way to obtain the records.
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Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“I have standing to be able to get Todd Blanche to comply with Judge Sullivan’s order, which is now telling him that on or before July 2, he either has to put up or shut up,” Phang said during an appearance on the MeidasTouch network. “He either has to bring forth unredacted files or show cause as to why he should not or cannot do so.”
The ruling also noted that the department itself had previously acknowledged the Epstein Files Transparency Act required broader disclosure than would ordinarily occur through FOIA, including limiting certain exemptions typically available under federal public records law.
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Jeffrey Epstein’s mugshot was taken in New York in 2019 after federal authorities filed trafficking charges against him.(Kypros/Getty Images)
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Sullivan has become a prominent figure in cases involving Trump and his allies. He oversaw former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s criminal case and challenged the Trump Justice Department’s effort to drop the charges after Flynn pleaded guilty. Sullivan also presided over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot cases.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Justice Department and the White House for comment.
Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.
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