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Epstein Files Jan 30, 2026 Release - Archived from Justice.gov (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by xodoh74984@lemmy.world to c/datahoarder@lemmy.ml

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Epstein Files Jan 30, 2026

Data hoarders on reddit have been hard at work archiving the latest Epstein Files release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Below is a compilation of their work with download links.

Please seed all torrent files to distribute and preserve this data.

Ref: https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1qrk3qk/epstein_files_datasets_9_10_11_300_gb_lets_keep/

Epstein Files Data Sets 1-8: INTERNET ARCHIVE LINK

Epstein Files Data Set 1 (2.47 GB): TORRENT MAGNET LINK
Epstein Files Data Set 2 (631.6 MB): TORRENT MAGNET LINK
Epstein Files Data Set 3 (599.4 MB): TORRENT MAGNET LINK
Epstein Files Data Set 4 (358.4 MB): TORRENT MAGNET LINK
Epstein Files Data Set 5: (61.5 MB) TORRENT MAGNET LINK
Epstein Files Data Set 6 (53.0 MB): TORRENT MAGNET LINK
Epstein Files Data Set 7 (98.2 MB): TORRENT MAGNET LINK
Epstein Files Data Set 8 (10.67 GB): TORRENT MAGNET LINK

Epstein Files Data Set 9 (Incomplete). Only contains 49 GB of 180 GB. Multiple reports of cutoff from DOJ server at offset 48995762176.

ORIGINAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LINK

TORRENT MAGNET LINK (removed due to reports of CSAM)

/u/susadmin's More Complete Data Set 9 (96.25 GB)
De-duplicated merger of (45.63 GB + 86.74 GB) versions

TORRENT MAGNET LINK (removed due to reports of CSAM)

Epstein Files Data Set 10 (78.64GB)

ORIGINAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LINK

TORRENT MAGNET LINK (removed due to reports of CSAM)
INTERNET ARCHIVE FOLDER (removed due to reports of CSAM)
INTERNET ARCHIVE DIRECT LINK (removed due to reports of CSAM)

Epstein Files Data Set 11 (25.55GB)

ORIGINAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LINK

TORRENT MAGNET LINK

SHA1: 574950c0f86765e897268834ac6ef38b370cad2a

Epstein Files Data Set 12 (114.1 MB)

ORIGINAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LINK

TORRENT MAGNET LINK
INTERNET ARCHIVE FOLDER LINK

SHA1: 20f804ab55687c957fd249cd0d417d5fe7438281
MD5: b1206186332bb1af021e86d68468f9fe
SHA256: b5314b7efca98e25d8b35e4b7fac3ebb3ca2e6cfd0937aa2300ca8b71543bbe2

This list will be edited as more data becomes available, particularly with regard to Data Set 9 (EDIT: NOT ANYMORE)

EDIT [2026-02-02]: After being made aware of potential CSAM in the original Data Set 9 releases and seeing confirmation in the New York Times, I will no longer support any effort to maintain links to archives of it. There is suspicion of CSAM in Data Set 10 as well. I am removing links to both archives.

Some in this thread may be upset by this action. It is right to be distrustful of a government that has not shown signs of integrity. However, I do trust journalists who hold the government accountable.

I am abandoning this project and removing any links to content that commenters here and on reddit have suggested may contain CSAM.

Ref 1: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/nude-photos-epstein-files.html
Ref 2: https://www.404media.co/doj-released-unredacted-nude-images-in-epstein-files

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[–] susadmin@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (18 children)

I'm in the process of downloading both dataset 9 torrents (45.63 GB + 86.74 GB). I will then compare the filenames in both versions (the 45.63GB version has 201,358 files alone), note any duplicates, and merge all unique files into one folder. I'll upload that as a torrent once it's done so we can get closer to a complete dataset 9 as one file.

Edit 31Jan2026 816pm EST - Making progress. I finished downloading both dataset 9s (45.6 GB and the 86.74 GB). The 45.6GB set is 200,000 files and the 86GB set is 500,000 files. I have a .csv of the filenames and sizes of all files in the 45.6GB version. I'm creating the same .csv for the 86GB version now.

Edit 31Jan2026 845pm EST -
- dataset 9 (45.63 GB) = 201357 files
- dataset 9 (86.74 GB) = 531257 files
I did an exact filename combined with an exact file size comparison between the two dataset9 versions. I also did an exact filename combined with a fuzzy file size comparison (tolerance of +/- 1KB) between the two dataset9 versions. There were:
- 201330 exact matches
- 201330 fuzzy matches (+/- 1KB)
Meaning there are 201330 duplicate files between the two dataset9 versions.

These matches were written to a duplicates file. Then, from each dataset9 version, all files/sizes matching the file and size listed in the duplicates file will be moved to a subfolder. Then I'll merge both parent folders into one enormous folder containing all unique files and a folder of duplicates. Finally, compress it, make a torrent, and upload it.

Edit 31Jan2026 945pm EST -

Still moving duplicates into subfolders.

Edit 31Jan2026 1027pm EST -

Going off of xodoh74984's comment (https://lemmy.world/post/42440468/21884588), I'm increasing the rigor of my determination of whether the files that share a filename and size between both version of dataset9 are in fact duplicates. This will be identical to rsync --checksum to verify bit-for-bit that the files are the same by calculating their MD5 hash. This will take a while but is the best way.

Edit 01Feb2026 1227am EST -

Checksum comparison complete. 73 files found that have the same file name and size but different content. Total number of duplicate files = 201257. Merging both dataset versions now, while keeping one subfolder of the duplicates, so nothing is deleted.

Edit 01Feb2026 1258am EST -

Creating the .tar.zst file now. 531285 total files, which includes all unique files between dataset9 (45.6GB) and dataset9 (86.7GB), as well as a subfolder containing the files that were found in both dataset9 versions.

Edit 01Feb2026 215am EST -

I was using wayyyy to high a compression value for no reason (ztsd --ultra --22). Restarted the .tar.zst file creation (with ztsd -12) and it's going 100x faster now. Should be finished ~~within the hour~~

Edit 01Feb2026 311am EST -

.tar.zst file creation is taking very long. I'm going to let it run overnight - will check back in a few hours. I'm tired boss.

EDIT 01Feb2026 831am EST -

COMPLETE!

And then I doxxed myself in the torrent. One moment please while I fix that....

Final magnet link is HERE. GO GO GOOOOOO

I'm seeding @ 55 MB/s. I'm also trying to get into the new r/EpsteinPublicDatasets subreddit to share the torrent there.

[–] Kindly_District9380@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Superb, I have 1-8, 11-12.

Only remaining 10 (to complete - downloading from Archive.org now)

Dataset 9 is the biggest. I ended up writing a parser to go through every page on justice.gov and make an index list.

Current estimate of files list is:

~1,022,500 files (50 files/page × 20,450 pages)
My scraped index so far: 528,586 files / 634,573 URLs
Currently downloading individual files: 24,371 files (29GB)
Download rate ~1 file/sec to avoid getting blocked = ~12 days continuous for full set

Your merged 45GB + 86GB torrents (~500K-700K files) would be a huge help. Happy to cross-reference with my scraped URL list to find any gaps.

UPDATE DATASET 9 Files List:

Progress:

Scraped 529,334 file URLs from Justice .gov (pages 0-18333, ~89% of index)
Downloading individual files: 30K files / 41GB so far
Also grabbed the 86GB DataSet_9.tar.xz torrent (~500K files) - extracting now

Uploaded my URL index to Archive.org - 529K file URLs in JSON format if anyone wants to help download the remaining files.

link: https://archive.org/details/epstein-dataset9-index

The link is live and shows the 75.7MB JSON file available for download.

UPDATE Dataset Size Sanity Check:

Dataset Report Generated: 2026-01-31T23:28:29.198691 Base Path: /mnt/epstein-doj-2026-01-30

Summary

Dataset	Files	Extracted	ZIP	Types
DataSet_1	6,326	2.48 GB	1.23 GB	.pdf, .opt, .dat
DataSet_1_incomplete	3,158	1.24 GB	N/A	.pdf, .opt, .dat
DataSet_2	577	631.66 MB	630.79 MB	.pdf, .dat, .opt
DataSet_3	69	598.51 MB	595.00 MB	.pdf, .dat, .opt
DataSet_4	154	358.43 MB	351.52 MB	.pdf, .opt, .dat
DataSet_5	122	61.60 MB	61.48 MB	.pdf, .dat, .opt
DataSet_6	15	53.02 MB	51.28 MB	.pdf, .opt, .dat
DataSet_7	19	98.29 MB	96.98 MB	.pdf, .dat, .opt
DataSet_8	11,042	10.68 GB	9.95 GB	.pdf, .mp4, .xlsx
DataSet_9_files	35,480	40.44 GB	45.63 GB	.pdf, .mp4, .m4a
DataSet_9_45GB_unique	28	84.18 MB	N/A	.pdf, .dat, .opt
DataSet_9_extracted	531,256	94.51 GB	N/A	.pdf
DataSet_9_45GB_extracted	201,357	47.45 GB	N/A	.pdf, .dat, .opt
DataSet_10_extracted	504,030	81.15 GB	78.64 GB	.pdf, .mp4, .mov
DataSet_11	14,045	1.17 GB	25.56 GB	.pdf
DataSet_12	154	119.89 MB	114.09 MB	.pdf, .dat, .opt
TOTAL	1,307,832	281.07 GB	162.87 GB

https://pastebin.com/zdHbsCwH

here is a little script that can generate the above report if you have your dir something like this:

 # Minimum working example:
  my_directory/
  ├── DataSet_1/
  │   └── (any files)
  ├── DataSet_2/
  │   └── (any files)
  └── DataSet 2.zip  (optional - will be matched)

[–] kongstrong@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Would love to help still from my PC on dataset 9 specifically. Any way we can exchange progress so I won't start with downloading files you already have downloaded?

E: just started scraping starting from page 18330 (as you mentioned you ended around 18333), hoping I can fill in the remaining 4000-ish pages

Update 2 (1715UTC): just finished scraping up until the page 20500 limit you set in the code. There are 0 new files in the range between 18330-20500 compared to the ones you already found. So unless I did something wrong, either your list is complete or the DOJ has been scrambling their shit (considering the large number of duplicate pages, I'm going with the second explanation).

Either way, I'm gonna extract the 48GB and 100GB torrent directories now and try to mark down which of the files already exist within those torrents, so we can make an (intermediate) list of which files are still missing from them

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