The Justice DepartmentĀ released thousands of new recordsĀ on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, but at least 550 pages in the documents are fully redacted, CBS News has found.

The newly released files included photos of several prominent people in Epstein’s orbit, images from his homes and investigative records that detail disturbing allegations against the late sex offender. But the heavy redactions in many of the records have drawn criticism from Democrats and some Republicans, as the department defends its handling of the files.

One series ofĀ threeĀ consecutiveĀ documents — totaling 255 pages — is entirely redacted, with each page covered by a black box. A fourthĀ 119-page document labeled ā€œGrand Jury-NYā€ is also entirely redacted. It’s unclear what proceedings it stemmed from, but theĀ documentĀ listed immediately before it is a transcript in which a prosecutor asks a grand jury in 2020 to consider evidence for a superseding indictment of Epstein’s convicted co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.