Expert explains how Trump can keep some Epstein files secret

Even though President Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) has released millions of documents pertaining to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's two federal investigations, there are plenty of documents that still may never see the light of day.

According to former Florida state attorney Dave Aronberg (also a former Democratic state senator), the DOJ has taken advantage of a glaring loophole in the Epstein Files Transparency Act to keep "millions" of pages of documents hidden from the public. On Monday, Aronberg told Substack host Jim Acosta – a former CNN anchor – that there are several tools the DOJ is deploying to shield the full Epstein files from American eyes.

"They produced millions of pages, but there are still millions that they're keeping under their watch," he said. "And the reason why they're not producing it is because they're saying, 'well, it involves an ongoing criminal investigation.' Of course, there's no proof that there really is one."

Aronberg said the Trump DOJ is also claiming "deliberative process privilege" to keep certain documents under wraps, explaining that this was essentially the DOJ arguing that disclosing certain documents would be akin to sharing their internal work notes. He added, however, that this was illegal under the legislation passed by Congress and signed into law in November.

"That's not allowed under the Epstein Files Transparency Act," Aronberg said. "... The problem is that there really is no mechanism that is easy to enforce the Epstein Files Transparency Act, because the act itself contains no enforcement mechanism."

"Because of that, we're all trying to figure out what's next," he continued. "How do we get the act enforced? And this was, I think, a mistake by the drafters of the act. They really should have put more teeth in it."

According to the New York Times, Trump is mentioned more than 38,000 times in approximately 5,300 files. Many of those mentions accuse Trump of committing crimes alongside Epstein. In addition to accusations called into the FBI's tip line, Trump is also accused of crimes in "302 files," which is the FBI classification for witness interviews.

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