The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has released more than 30,000 pages of documents connected to the Jeffrey Epstein investigations after an August subpoena, and bipartisan lawmakers have renewed calls for fuller disclosure as some victims prepared to speak publicly.
Why It Matters
The documents relate to longstanding questions about how federal and local authorities handled allegations against Epstein, what records the Justice Department maintained, and whether additional files could illuminate ties between Epstein and high-profile associates.
What To Know
The Oversight Committee posted 33,295 pages of records the committee said were provided by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in response to a subpoena issued by chairman James Comer on August 5.
The documents can be found here and backup access here.
Committee officials and multiple news outlets reported that a large portion of the material consisted of court filings, previously released testimony and other records that had already been available in public court dockets.
The released set included court documents, videos and flight records, and news outlets reported additional hours of Metropolitan Correctional Center footage from the night before Epstein’s 2019 death.
Customs and Border Protection flight logs covering Epstein’s plane from 2000 to 2014 appeared among the material, with passenger names redacted in many entries.
Justice Department officials said they would continue producing records to the committee while protecting victim identities and excluding child sexual abuse material, the committee’s release said.
A bipartisan effort led by Representatives Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, and Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie pursued a discharge petition and related measures to compel broader DOJ disclosure, and the pair scheduled a press conference with multiple Epstein victims.
Khanna and Massie plan a Wednesday press conference with victims and continued to press a discharge petition or legislation aimed at forcing the Justice Department to make additional Epstein-related records public.
What People Are Saying
Democratic Representative Ro Khanna told NBC‘s Meet the Press on August 31: “What will be explosive is the September 3 press conference that both of us are having with 10 Epstein victims, many who have never spoken out before.”
Republican Representative James Comer told reporters on Tuesday: “We’re going to do everything we can to give the American public the transparency they seek, as well as provide accountability in memory of the victims who have already passed away, as well as those in the room and many others who haven’t come forward.”
What Happens Next
The Oversight Committee said the DOJ would keep producing materials while redacting victim identities and protected content, and the committee indicated further releases could follow as the Justice Department complied with the subpoena.
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