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Survivors Press Congress as Epstein Document Dump Triggers Bipartisan Bid to Force Full Release

Victims say the committee’s 33,295-page posting offered little new information, propelling a petition to compel a House vote on a transparency bill.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center left, and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., 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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Teresa Helm, a Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivor, speaks at the Stand with Survivors Rally at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 3. Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images.
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Overview

  • The Republican-led House Oversight Committee posted 33,295 pages of Epstein-related records, which key lawmakers and advocates criticized as largely previously public and lacking any so-called client list.
  • Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna launched a discharge petition to force a floor vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act to require release of all unclassified DOJ and FBI records, with several Republicans including Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace signing on.
  • Survivors, including Marina Lacerda speaking publicly for the first time, described years of abuse at a Capitol news conference and urged Congress to release remaining files and prioritize victim protections.
  • President Donald Trump dismissed the push as a “Democrat hoax,” a White House official warned Republicans that backing the petition would be viewed as a hostile act, and Speaker Mike Johnson called a standalone vote unnecessary.
  • Attorney General Pam Bondi says the department has released all it can and that no client list exists, even as critics seek additional agency records and note the release included some older interviews and limited CBP flight-location logs.