India, Feb. 25 -- The Justice Department's release of more than 3.5 million pages tied to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation was presented as a historic act of transparency. But fresh reporting and congressional review now suggest that certain catalogued materials may not have appeared in the public archive, raising renewed questions about the government's handling of the Epstein files.

The controversy follows months of political tension surrounding DOJ's handling of the Epstein files, an issue that has repeatedly fueled debate in Washington over transparency and executive accountability.

The latest wave of scrutiny comes after an NPR reported that dozens of pages referenced in internal tracking systems were not visible in the publicly ...