EFTA01657136: FBI Epstein Review Dashboard, March 31, 2025
Snapshot
| Field | Documented detail |
|---|---|
| Record | FBI New York Epstein Dashboard, Case File 50D-NY |
| Document date | March 31, 2025 |
| Evidence identifier | EFTA01657136; one PDF page |
| Record type | Internal status dashboard for digital evidence restoration and review |
| 1B136 review | 34,203 of 34,203 files marked reviewed; 30 of 30 folders complete |
| 1B144 and 1B145 review | Both marked 0%; file totals shown as unknown |
| 1B146 review | 347 of 347 files marked reviewed as of March 18, 2025 |
| Personnel listed | Four on March 31, compared with 34 on March 28 |
| Related status record | EFTA00163971, PDF pages 17 and 18; April 15, 2025 FBI email |
| Central limit | Completion of one defined evidence item does not establish completion of every Epstein evidence review. |
The March 31, 2025 FBI dashboard records the completion of the review of evidence item 1B136 while showing no substantive review of two other tracked items, 1B144 and 1B145. It distinguishes the restoration of digital evidence from the review of its contents. That distinction is essential: a restored tape is not necessarily a reviewed tape, and the dashboard’s 100% figure applies to a particular item.
An April 15, 2025 FBI status email provides later context. On PDF page 18, the writer says that 1B144 and 1B145 contained complete images of processed evidence, including nonresponsive data, and were not reviewed because doing so would require a new search warrant. This is the FBI writer’s explanation of the review scope, not a court ruling or proof of what happened after that email.
Key Takeaways
- The 34,203 figure is a file count for 1B136. It is not a count of victims, suspects, crimes, videos, or unique incidents.
- The dashboard marks 1B136 review as complete on March 31 and records that all 30 of its folders had been reviewed.
- The separate 1B146 table records completion on March 18. Its 347 files are described as logs and forensic processing reports.
- 1B144 is marked as restored but 0% reviewed. 1B145 is marked 83% restored, awaiting upload, and 0% reviewed.
- The April 15 email supplies an expressly limited explanation for the two unreviewed items. It should be read alongside the dashboard rather than replaced by speculation about motive.
- Neither the dashboard nor the cited April 15 status passage identifies the people depicted in the 1B136 files. This article does not identify those people or reproduce the underlying images or videos.
Source and Provenance
EFTA01657136 is a one-page landscape document headed “Epstein Dashboard (Case File 50D-NY): March 31, 2025” and branded FBI New York. It carries an unclassified, official-use marking and an Epstein Daily Dashboard footer. The EFTA identifier appears at the bottom. The page does not name its individual author or identify a court filing in which it was an exhibit.
The date printed on the dashboard is the record date used here. It is not a publication or release date, and it does not establish when the underlying evidence files were created.
The publicly available document mirror was checked against EpsteinWiki’s existing PDF copy on October 12, 2026. The two files are byte-for-byte identical. The current DOJ PDF could not be compared because direct access returned an age-verification page. The analysis therefore rests on the reviewed page image and the matching archived copy, with that access limitation stated explicitly.
What Each Evidence Item Shows
The dashboard’s four item panels use identifiers beginning with 1B. Automated text extraction can misread the letter B as the number 6 or 8. The page image confirms the identifiers below.
| Item and displayed size | Description on the page | Restoration status | Review status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1B136; 85 GB | Portable hard drive containing a responsive subset of previously processed digital evidence. The description includes sensitive images and videos and refers to child sexual abuse material. | Completed | 34,203 files reviewed; 100% as of March 31. |
| 1B144; 8 TB | Two LTO 6 tape cartridges containing an Arcserve backup of digital evidence. | Completed | File total unknown; 0% on both March 28 and March 31. |
| 1B145; 2.5 TB | Three LTO 6 tape cartridges containing an Arcserve backup of digital evidence. | 83%; the tracking panel also says it is awaiting CART upload to New York. | File total unknown; 0% on both March 28 and March 31. |
| 1B146; 846 MB | One DVD-R containing log files and FTK reports concerning the processing of digital evidence. | Completed | 347 files reviewed; 100% as of March 18. |
The 1B136 description says that this material was not in Relativity because of its sensitivity. That is a statement about how this evidence subset was held at the time. It does not establish that every file was unlawful, that every file contained a different person, or that the files were publicly released with the dashboard. The dashboard itself contains no underlying sexual images.
The storage labels require care. Alongside the item headings of 8 TB and 2.5 TB, the 1B145 description discusses an approximate total capacity of 12.5 TB across five tapes of 2.5 TB each. The page does not reconcile these measures or provide a deduplicated content total. Storage capacity, restored data volume, and reviewed file count should not be treated as interchangeable quantities.
Review and Staffing Chronology
| Date | What the dashboard records | How to read the change |
|---|---|---|
| March 17, 2025 | 1B146: 326 of 347 files reviewed, displayed as 94%. | The first date in the log-and-report item’s tracking table. |
| March 18, 2025 | 1B146: 347 of 347 files reviewed, displayed as 100%. | Completion is dated March 18, even though the dashboard itself is dated March 31. |
| March 28, 2025 | 1B136: 33,300 of 33,985 files reviewed, displayed as 98%. Personnel: 31 in New York and three at headquarters, for 34 total. | The total file count was smaller than the count shown three days later. |
| March 31, 2025 | 1B136: 34,203 of 34,203 files reviewed. Personnel: two in New York and two at headquarters, for four total. | The page marks all 30 folders complete. It does not explain each personnel change or why the file total increased. |
| March 31, 2025 | 1B144 and 1B145 remain at 0% reviewed. A note says their responsiveness is under discussion. | The note is a pending scope question as of this dashboard, not a final explanation. |
| April 15, 2025 | The later FBI email says 1B136 review was completed and summarized, and gives a search-warrant explanation for not reviewing 1B144 and 1B145. | This is later correspondence, not an annotation printed on EFTA01657136. |
The March 28 and March 31 columns record both a changing denominator and a changing reviewed count. The rise from 33,985 to 34,203 files must not be concealed by describing the percentages as measurements of an unchanged inventory. The page supplies no explanation for the additional files.
The personnel table counts staff listed as reviewing on each displayed date. It does not state their individual assignments, hours worked, reasons for reassignment, or whether any other team was working elsewhere. A fall from 34 to four is documented; an explanation for that fall is not.
The April 15 Follow-Up Record
EFTA00163971, PDF pages 17 through 19, contains an email chain with the subject “1A videos.” A status message sent on April 15, 2025 at 6:34 p.m. begins on PDF page 17 and continues on page 18. The relevant continuation bears Bates number EFTA00163988 and the separate production stamp FBI(25-cv-2848)-58.
The first bullet on PDF page 18 says that the 50D case’s 1B136 responsive-material review was completed and summarized. In the same bullet, the writer says that 1B144 and 1B145 contained complete images of processed evidence, including nonresponsive data, and were not reviewed because a new search warrant would be required. The writer identifies 1B146 as FBI log files from the CART examination process.
The surrounding message also reports completion of specified digital 1A reviews and states that there were no outstanding reviews. That overall status statement must be read together with the explicit exclusion of 1B144 and 1B145. It is not a statement that every stored byte had been substantively examined. The email does not attach a judicial ruling on warrant scope or establish whether a later warrant was sought or obtained.
Evidence Appearances and Identifiers
| Record or identifier | Location | What it establishes for this article |
|---|---|---|
| EFTA01657136 | Entire one-page dashboard | The March 31 date, four 1B item descriptions, restoration status, review counts, staffing counts, and contemporaneous notes. |
| 1B136, 1B144, 1B145, 1B146 | Tracking panels and descriptions in EFTA01657136 | Distinct FBI evidence-item identifiers. These are not EFTA document numbers or court docket numbers. |
| EFTA00163971 | PDF pages 17 through 19 | The surrounding April 15 email chain and status discussion. This release file has 71 pages. |
| EFTA00163987 | PDF page 17 of EFTA00163971 | Start of the April 15 status message, including its visible time and case-review introduction. |
| EFTA00163988; FBI(25-cv-2848)-58 | PDF page 18 of EFTA00163971 | The passage explaining the treatment of 1B136, 1B144, 1B145, and 1B146. |
The two numbering systems on the email pages identify the release page and a separate production stamp. Neither should be substituted for an evidence-item number. A precise citation is: “EFTA00163971, PDF page 18, Bates EFTA00163988, April 15, 2025 email, first bullet.”
What the Records Establish and Leave Open
- Established: The FBI dashboard recorded completed review of a defined responsive subset and a separate set of processing logs, while tracking two backup items as unreviewed.
- Established: The later FBI message gave a warrant-scope explanation for not reviewing those backup items. The explanation belongs to the email’s writer.
- Not established: A complete inventory of everyone depicted, the existence of a particular incriminating recording, the number of unique victims or incidents, or the identities of people in the underlying files.
- Not established: That the backup tapes contained only new information, that all data were duplicative, that nothing relevant remained, or that a later review never occurred.
- Not established: A judicial determination that a warrant was required or an official finding of misconduct by a person mentioned in other records.
Open Research Questions
- What contemporaneous inventory or processing report explains the change in the 1B136 file total between March 28 and March 31?
- Which approved review scope and search-warrant terms underlay the April 15 explanation concerning 1B144 and 1B145?
- Do later official records document an additional warrant, a further review, or a revised determination about the backup items?
- How do the dashboard’s storage-size labels, tape-capacity description, and actual restored volumes relate to one another?
Related EpsteinWiki Articles
- FBI Redaction Training and Instructions covers records about the separate review and redaction process.
- Democracy Defenders Fund Supplemental Documentation for DOJ Inspector General EFTA Audit covers a later submission about the release of FBI records.
Primary Document
Open the EFTA01657136 PDF mirror to inspect the full page. The existing EpsteinWiki PDF is preserved below. Read the page image when OCR disagrees with an evidence number, date, or percentage.
Sources
- EFTA01657136: FBI New York Epstein Dashboard, March 31, 2025. Primary dashboard; one page. The full page was visually inspected and the mirror was matched to the existing attached PDF.
- EFTA00163971: FBI correspondence and status records. Primary release file; 71 pages. The April 15 status email appears on PDF pages 17 and 18; the surrounding chain continues on page 19.