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House Oversight Publishes 33,295 Epstein Case Pages as Massie Moves to Force Wider Release

The move tests House leaders’ claims about balancing transparency with protections for victims.

Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Massachusetts on September 8, 2004.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer speaks with the press
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., right, 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

  • The committee posted DOJ-produced records to a public repository and said additional material will follow after reviews to shield victim identities and remove child sexual abuse content.
  • Rep. Thomas Massie filed a bipartisan discharge petition to force a House vote on compelling broader disclosure, a step that would require 218 signatures.
  • Speaker Mike Johnson criticized the petition as inartfully drafted for lacking victim safeguards and called it moot given the committee’s ongoing releases.
  • Democrats on the panel argued the tranche offers little new information, with Rep. Ro Khanna estimating only about 3% of the documents are new.
  • The release includes previously public items such as the DOJ’s Ghislaine Maxwell interview and videos from Epstein’s properties and jail, as Oversight pursues further subpoenas and depositions including Bill and Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Alex Acosta, and records from the Epstein estate.