The files’ redactions came under scrutiny last week after lawyers for Epstein’s victims said the latest tranche of files included email addresses and nude photos in which the names and faces of potential victims could be identified.

Survivors issued a statement calling the disclosure “outrageous” and said they should not be “named, scrutinized and retraumatized”.

The DOJ said it had taken down all the flagged files and that mistakes were due to “technical or human error”.

After viewing the unredacted documents, Massie and Khanna, who co-sponsored the law which compelled the release of the Epstein files last year, told reporters they had a list of about 20 people in which every name was redacted except for Epstein’s and his convicted sex trafficker associate Ghislaine Maxwell.