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Committee on Oversight and Government Reform publishes thousands of page on Epstein case but two lawmakers still pushing for โfull releaseโ of files.
Published On 3 Sep 2025
A Republican-led US House of Representatives committee said it released 33,295 pages of files on the late high-society sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as a pair of lawmakers continued to push for the โfull release of the Epstein filesโ by the administration of President Donald Trump.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said on Tuesday that the thousands of pages on the Epstein case were provided by the Department of Justice and that the documents had been redacted to remove โvictim identities and any child sexual abuse materialโ.
The mass document release comes as Republican Representative Thomas Massie and Democratic Representative Ro Khanna continued to call for what Khanna described as โthe full release of the Epstein files and justice for the survivors.โ
Massie and Khannaโs โfull releaseโ proposal would require Attorney General Pam Bondi to make public all unclassified Epstein records in the possession of the Justice Department, including the FBI and US attorneysโ offices.
Massie and Khanna were scheduled to hold a news conference with some of Epsteinโs victims on Wednesday morning to support their call for the full release of files in the high-profile case.
Republican House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters that he believed Massieโs petition was โinartfully draftedโ, because it lacked language that would protect the identities of victims who were sexually abused by Epstein.
Johnson also claimed the petition for the full release of the Epstein files was โmootโ due to the work of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which had released thousands of pages of files on Monday.
โItโs superfluous at this point, and I think weโre achieving the desired end here,โ Johnson said.
The committee subpoenaed the Justice Department and Epsteinโs estate for documents and took a deposition from convicted Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
In July, the Justice Department and the FBI released a memo stating that a โsystematic reviewโ of Epstein-related files โrevealed no incriminating โclient list’โ, and said that no credible evidence had been found that Epstein had blackmailed prominent figures.
That announcement surprised many people, including prominent conservatives among Trumpโs support base, who had been pushing for all Epstein-related documents to be released, a promise Trump had made during his re-election campaign.
A poll in July by Reuters/Ipsos found that a majority of Americans, including among Trumpโs Republicans, believe his administration is hiding details on the Epstein case.
Epstein was linked to a sizeable number of high-profile politicians and businesspeople through his financial dealings and charitable contributions.
He was found dead in his New York City jail cell on August 10, 2019, where he was being held while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide.
Some of Epsteinโs victims were girls as young as 14.
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