Wait, wait... there's more! Will we see new Epstein files by the 7/2 deadline just ordered by judge?
50% of users predicted YES — the community missed this one. 40 predictions cast.
On June 26, 2026, a federal judge in Washington ruled in a lawsuit brought by a journalist that the Department of Justice had likely violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act by withholding certain unredacted materials. The judge ordered Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to either release additional unredacted records — including several partially redacted emails, a draft indictment naming potential co-conspirators, related FBI interview notes, and a redaction log — or file a legal justification for continuing to withhold them, with a deadline of July 2, 2026.
On July 2, the DOJ did not release the additional unredacted files. Instead, the department filed a response defending its existing redactions as necessary to protect victims' identities and citing other statutory exemptions, asking the court to extend the deadline by 60 days or accept its justification in lieu of further disclosure. The department also indicated it intends to appeal the underlying order.
As of the July 2 deadline, no additional unredacted Epstein files had been released; the matter remains in active litigation, with the extension request and appeal unresolved. Community prediction-market sentiment was evenly split heading into the deadline, at 50 percent Yes.