"Due to the mass volume of material, this process may take a few more weeks."

"Due to the mass volume of material, this process may take a few more weeks."

The Department of Justice revealed on Wednesday that the FBI and the Southern District of New York (SDNY) have uncovered over a million more documents that they say may be connected to the Jeffrey Epstein case.

The DOJ said that it had received the documents from the FBI and SDNY and will "review them for release, in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, existing statutes, and judicial orders." This comes as the Department of Justice has released thousands of documents.

"We have lawyers working around the clock to review and make the legally required redactions to protect victims, and we will release the documents as soon as possible. Due to the mass volume of material, this process may take a few more weeks. The Department will continue to fully comply with federal law and President Trump’s direction to release the files," the DOJ said.

The Department of Justice released thousands of documents relating to the Epstein case on Friday in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was passed in Congress earlier in the year. The bill mandated that the DOJ make a digital and searchable database of the files.

Prior to Wednesday’s revelation, the DOJ said that it had "hundreds of thousands of pages of material to release." The DOJ said that this included material that "must comply with court orders," which can "slow the Department of Justice’s ability to review and redact material but will not prevent the release of this material."

"The Department of Justice has more than 200 lawyers working around the clock reviewing each individual file for release. This is an arduous process, as each document and photograph must be individually reviewed by the DOJ and the Southern District of New York for potential redactions to protect victims or potential victims."