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Epstein Survivors Press Congress After House Posts 33,295 DOJ Pages as Trump Denounces Effort

Lawmakers pursuing a discharge petition say a floor vote is needed because the initial trove was largely previously known.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center left, and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., talk to reporters after a closed-door meeting with victims in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Teresa Helm, a Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivor, speaks at the Stand with Survivors Rally at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 3. Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images.
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Overview

  • The House Oversight Committee published 33,295 pages from Justice Department materials, including some videos and audio from earlier investigations.
  • Democrats on the committee said about 97% of the documents were already public, with no new client list identified in the tranche.
  • Survivors held a Capitol Hill news conference urging passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act to force release of all unclassified DOJ records.
  • President Donald Trump dismissed the push as a "Democrat hoax," and a White House official warned supporting the discharge petition would be viewed as a hostile act.
  • House GOP leaders favor continuing through Oversight rather than a discharge petition that currently has bipartisan backers but still needs additional Republican signatures.