Overview

• Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna scheduled a Sept. 3 Capitol press conference with Epstein survivors to promote legislation forcing the Justice Department to release withheld records.
• House Judiciary Democrats led by Rep. Jamie Raskin issued a letter demanding all documents on Ghislaine Maxwell’s transfer to Texas and her two‐day interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche by Aug. 26.
• The House Oversight Committee set an Aug. 19 deadline for DOJ to provide files and has approved subpoenas for 10 former officials, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, with depositions slated for October.
• Two federal judges ruled there are no “special circumstances” to unseal grand jury materials in the Maxwell and Epstein cases, concluding that release would yield little new information.
• An unsigned DOJ/FBI memo reaffirmed Epstein’s 2019 death as a suicide and reported no incriminating “client list,” intensifying calls from victims and bipartisan lawmakers for greater transparency.