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(CNN) — The Justice Department on Wednesday said it has uncovered over a million more documents potentially related to the Jeffrey Epstein case and may need “a few more weeks” to process and release them to the public.

The department made the revelation in a post on X, saying the the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the FBI had informed the department of the new documents.

“The DOJ has received these documents from SDNY and the FBI to review them for release, in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, existing statutes, and judicial orders,” the post said.

“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 post continued.

The announcement on Wednesday comes after a week of intermittent releases as required by a new transparency law that Congress passed last month.

The deadline to release all of the materials was Friday, and the Justice Department posted a massive trove of documents that day. That was followed up with another drop early Saturday, and another major release on Tuesday, which contained several notable references to President Donald Trump.

A bipartisan array of lawmakers and a growing number of survivors of Epstein’s abuse have criticized the Trump administration’s rollout of the documents.

Some have raised questions about the heavy-handed and seemingly haphazard redactions that shielded Epstein’s associates from scrutiny. Other critics have expressed anger over under-redacted materials that Read more

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VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Jose Trinidad Bueno Garcia of Van Nuys pled guilty to heading a large-scale drug sales scheme responsible for distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine across Ventura County.

On Dec. 17, Garcia pled guilty to conspiracy to possess fentanyl as well as multiple special allegations including that the crime involved more than four kilograms of fentanyl and that the operation was carried out with planning, sophistication, and professionalism shared the Ventura County District Attorney's Office in a press release.

According to the Ventura County District Attorney's Office, detectives conducted an investigation between May and October of this year into a drug trafficking operation out of Los Angeles County.

The investigation revealed that the scheme sourced fentanyl and methamphetamine from Mexico before transporting and selling them in Ventura County noted the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.

On Oct. 1, detectives served a search warrant at Garcia's home where about 3,574 grams of fentanyl, 261 grams of methamphetamine, $32,406 in cash, and evidence of drug sales was seized detailed the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.

The image below, courtesy of the Ventura County District Attorney's Office, shoes some of the seized items from the Oct. 1 search of Garcia's home.

Garcia is currently scheduled to appear for a sentencing hearing on Jan. 21, 2026, where he is expected to be sentenced to 15 years in state prison with 13 of those years come from enhancements authorized after the passage of Proposition 36, the Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act in November of 2024, explained the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.

That law increased the sentencing penalties defendants face depending on the gross weight of the narcotics involved in their charged violations and took effect in December of 2024.

"We are committed to lowering the number of fentanyl overdose deaths in Ventura County and
holding offenders accountable," said Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko. "Anyone who peddles this poison in Ventura County will be prosecuted vigorously."

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