Overview
- The House is set to vote this week on a measure to compel the Justice Department to publish the full Epstein record.
- The push, led by Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna, gained traction after the Oversight Committee posted roughly 20,000 pages, including emails in which Epstein referenced Trump and claimed he spent hours with a victim.
- Trump’s public reversal urges Republicans to back disclosure and follows his calls for investigations into ties between Epstein and Democrats such as Bill Clinton, Larry Summers and Reid Hoffman.
- The Justice Department and FBI caution that broad publication could jeopardize witnesses or sensitive investigative material.
- House passage would not guarantee release because the Senate must act and the president would need to authorize publication, while survivors have urged Congress to disclose everything.