Overview

• At an Aug. 13 Muscogee County GOP meeting, Collins said he believes President Trump is mentioned in the files, asserting Trump reported Epstein to the FBI and barred him from Mar-a-Lago.
• Collins told the attendee he supports public release of the records with judicially required redactions to protect victims.
• A Collins campaign spokesman defended the remarks and said Trump did nothing wrong, dismissing critics as political opponents.
• The Justice Department has delivered a first batch of heavily redacted Epstein documents to Congress following a bipartisan subpoena.
• A federal judge in New York recently rejected unsealing Epstein grand jury transcripts over victim-privacy concerns, as House Oversight presses Epstein’s estate for documents by Sept. 8 and plans a Sept. 19 interview with former U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta.