Democratic lawmakers, who had criticized the Justice Department’s release of the material, accused the Trump administration of violating the law mandating the release of the files.

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    a million documents is on average about one document every 35 minutes for his entire life. that seems like a lot, even for a broad definition of “document”

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      All of those documents don’t have to have originated from Epstein. There are documents relating to the various investigations of Epstein, court proceedings, documents produced by Epstein’s businesses, by people who were associated with him like Ghislaine Maxwell and Brunel, etc, etc.

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      I honestly have no idea what a normal amount is, and a million does sound like a lot, but if it includes entire contracts, leases, lawsuits, etc., it could be a shitload of documents.