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Epstein Survivors Press Congress as Bipartisan Petition Seeks Vote to Release DOJ Files

A discharge petition led by Rep. Thomas Massie with Rep. Ro Khanna needs additional Republican signatures to compel a House vote.

U.S. Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) departs from a meeting with members of Congress and survivors of abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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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Overview

  • Survivors held a Capitol news conference urging the public release of all unclassified Justice Department and FBI records and shared emotional accounts of abuse.
  • House Oversight posted about 33,000 DOJ pages this week, which lawmakers and advocates say were largely already public and offered little new information.
  • The White House warned Republicans that backing the petition would be viewed as a hostile act, and President Trump dismissed the push as a “Democrat hoax.”
  • Justice Department officials say they have disclosed what the law allows and reiterate there is no “client list,” while noting recent interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
  • Only a few Republicans have signed onto the petition so far as Speaker Mike Johnson advances an alternative Oversight route and criticizes the Massie–Khanna measure.