New Delhi, May 3 -- The release of the so-called "Epstein Files" was meant to close one of the most disturbing chapters in modern American criminal history. Instead, it has opened a new one.

A sweeping internal audit by the US Department of Justice is now examining whether the government mishandled one of the largest document disclosures in its history, a trove tied to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The review, led by the department's inspector general, is expected to scrutinize how millions of records were gathered, redacted, and ultimately presented to the public under intense political pressure. DOJ watchdog review of Epstein Files.

What began as a transparency effort is increasingly being framed as a ...