By — John Yang John Yang By — Satvi Sunkara Satvi Sunkara By — Laine Immell Laine Immell Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/justice-departments-heavily-redacted-epstein-file-release-draws-criticism-from-lawmakers Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Overnight, the Justice Department released hundreds more heavily redacted pages of material it had gathered on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. They come in addition to the thousands of pages released Friday, but what has been made public so far falls short of the full disclosure required by the law Congress passed last month. John Yang speaks with Reuters correspondent Jeff Mason for more. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Dec 20, 2025 By — John Yang John Yang John Yang is the anchor of PBS News Weekend and a correspondent for the PBS News Hour. He covered the first year of the Trump administration and is currently reporting on major national issues from Washington, DC, and across the country. @johnyangtv By — Satvi Sunkara Satvi Sunkara Satvi Sunkara is an associate producer for PBS News Weekend. By — Laine Immell Laine Immell