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license: mit
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# FBI Jeffrey Epstein Documents – OCR Text Dataset
## Introduction
The FBI has released **22 files related to Jeffrey Epstein** through its public records system.
This dataset was created by extracting textual content from all released documents using an **OCR-based model**.
- **OCR model used:** https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-ocr
- **Original document source:** https://vault.fbi.gov/jeffrey-epstein
The final dataset contains **1,413 rows**, where each row corresponds to OCR-extracted text from a specific page of a document, along with its page number and filename.
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## Dataset Overview
- **Total files processed:** 22
- **Total rows:** 1,413
- **Extraction method:** OCR-based text extraction
- **Dataset format:** CSV
### Columns
| Column Name | Description |
|---------------|-------------|
| `pagenumber` | Page number within the source document |
| `textcontents`| Textual content extracted using the OCR model |
| `filename` | Name of the file from which the text was extracted |
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## Dataset Structure
- **File format:** CSV
- **Granularity:** Page-level text extraction
- Each row represents the OCR text extracted from a single page of a source document.
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## Original Source
- **FBI Vault – Jeffrey Epstein:** https://vault.fbi.gov/jeffrey-epstein
The original underlying documents were released through U.S. government sources and remain subject to their original terms and conditions.
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## Legal and Copyright Status (Non-Authoritative)
The original documents were created by various private individuals and entities, not by the dataset maintainer.
The documents are sourced from releases published by the **U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform** and **FBI**.
The release webpages themselves carry standard copyright notices (© 2025 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform), and many individual documents may be protected by copyright held by their original authors or rights holders.
This dataset:
- Does **not** assert ownership over the underlying documents
- Does **not** grant any license to reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from the underlying texts beyond what may already be permitted by law (e.g., fair use or similar doctrines)
- Is provided solely as an OCR-extracted text corpus for research and exploratory analysis
Users are solely responsible for ensuring that their use of this dataset complies with applicable **copyright law, privacy law, institutional policies, and the terms of the original releases**.
Nothing in this dataset card constitutes legal advice.
If you plan to use this corpus in a public-facing product, for model training, or at scale, you should seek independent legal counsel.
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## Ethical and Content Warning
This dataset contains **highly sensitive material**, including references to:
- Sexual abuse and exploitation
- Human trafficking
- Violence and other traumatic subject matter
- Unverified allegations, opinions, or speculation
Users should handle this content with appropriate care and sensitivity.
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## Intended and Prohibited Uses
### Intended Uses
- Academic research
- Exploratory text analysis
- Transparency and accountability research
- Journalism support and document review
### Not Intended For
- Fine-tuning or training language models
- Harassment, doxing, or targeted attacks on any individual or group
- Attempts to deanonymize redacted information or circumvent existing redactions
- Presenting unverified allegations as established facts
All use must comply with applicable laws, institutional policies, and the terms of the original document releases.
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**Reminder:** This dataset contains sensitive content. Use responsibly and ethically.
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