India, April 20 -- In Washington, the promise of transparency has collided with a widening crisis of credibility.

The release of millions of documents tied to the Epstein Files was meant to close one of the darkest chapters in recent American legal history. Instead, it has opened a new and deeply unsettling phase, one defined by conflicting government claims, institutional fallout, and renewed demands for accountability from survivors who say justice remains elusive.

At the center of the controversy is the US Department of Justice, which insists it has fulfilled its legal obligations under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Officials say more than 3.5 million pages have been released after reviewing roughly six million pages of materi...