Overview
- The Epstein Files Transparency Act would require the Justice Department to publish its Epstein case records within 30 days with victims’ names redacted.
- Trump, after months of resistance, urged House Republicans to support the measure and said he would sign it if it reaches his desk.
- More than 20,000 pages from Epstein’s estate released last week include emails in which Epstein wrote that Trump “knew about the girls” and that a “victim” spent hours with him.
- The Justice Department and FBI have said their Epstein probe is closed; the emails are unverified and do not by themselves allege wrongdoing by Trump.
- Even with House passage, Senate hurdles and DOJ allowances for active investigations or privacy could delay or heavily redact any disclosure, and several Epstein accusers plan to speak at the Capitol today.