The U.S. Department of Justice released at least part of the Jeffrey Epstein Files Friday … following a congressional vote last month compelling the agency to make all evidence related to the investigation of the disgraced financier and convicted pedophile.

TMZ is analyzing the information … the Associated Press reports the material is expected to include FBI reports, transcripts of witness interviews, as well as video and photographic evidence related to the yearslong investigation. Victims’ names will be redacted.

Friday marked the DOJ’s deadline to the 30-day directive from Congress to release the files. Earlier today, Deputy AG Todd Blanche said the DOJ would not be able to release the full trove today, promising more to be released in the coming months.

Shortly afterward, Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel formally closed the case, telling the public there was nothing left to investigate, and no further materials would be released … provoking an angry reaction from across the political spectrum. Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino reportedly threatened to quit over the matter at the time … he’s since announced he’s leaving the agency next month.

Nick Reiner was an unsolvable dilemma for his parents … so says a substance abuse treatment expert.

Nick Mathews — the founder and CEO of Southern California-based treatment center Stillwater Behavioral Health — joined us on “TMZ Live,” and we asked him about Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner‘s son, who is charged with their murders.

For Mathews, Nick presented a treatment provider’s worst nightmare … he was diagnosed with schizophrenia, but had been in and out of rehab for years and struggled with substance abuse.

Just listen to Mathews explain all the challenges Nick would present for the rehab centers and doctors tasked with treating him … there’s no quick, easy fix or even a cut-and-dry solution here.

Former NFL player Myles Jack was arrested after a bizarre incident at a home in Texas on Tuesday … when cops say the linebacker broke out of a second-story window and fell to the ground before being taken into custody.

According to the Frisco Police Department, officers responded to a welfare concern around 5:40 AM … and when they got to the scene, gunshots were heard inside the residence.

Officers established a perimeter and evacuated other homes in the area … and said at one point in the incident, they observed a man later identified as 30-year-old Jack break a window, climb out, and plummet to the ground.

Jack is being charged with “deadly conduct – discharge of a firearm,” a third-degree felony … and “discharge of a firearm in certain municipalities,” a misdemeanor.