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House Panel Releases 33,000 Epstein Files as Massie Seeks Vote to Compel Wider Disclosure

Democrats say the tranche is largely previously public, with only CBP flight logs newly disclosed.

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 House Oversight Committee posted 33,295 DOJ-provided records, redacted to protect victims, including court filings, audio, flight records, and 13 hours of jail video from Aug. 9–10, 2019.
  • Committee Democrats said about 97% of the material was already public and roughly 3% is new, chiefly Customs and Border Protection logs of Epstein’s plane flights from 2000 to 2014.
  • Rep. Thomas Massie filed a bipartisan discharge petition with Rep. Ro Khanna to force a House vote mandating fuller DOJ disclosure, a move that requires 218 signatures to succeed.
  • House leaders moved a symbolic resolution directing Oversight to continue its probe, and Speaker Mike Johnson argued the new document release renders the discharge effort moot.
  • Oversight is pursuing depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton, James Comey and Alex Acosta, and has subpoenaed the Epstein estate for records including a reported “birthday book” due Sept. 8, as survivors met privately with lawmakers and plan a public event.