Batch will include more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, deputy attorney general Todd Blanche says

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The US deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, announced on Friday that the justice department is releasing more than 3m pages of documents related to its investigation into disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the largest trove of files released to date.

In a testy news conference, Blanche said that the release will include more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, which will have “extensive redactions”. He added that the Trump administration has produced roughly 3.5m pages in an effort to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. He said that they include large quantities of commercial pornography and images “that were seized from Epstein’s devices”.