Overview
- Following near-unanimous House and Senate votes, President Donald Trump signed the measure compelling the Justice Department to publish Epstein case records on a fixed timetable.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi said the department will release the materials within 30 days of the signature, reiterating that identities of trafficking victims will be protected.
- Bondi cautioned that some documents may be withheld or redacted if disclosure could harm ongoing federal investigations, including probes Trump ordered into Democratic figures linked to Epstein.
- The statute prohibits withholding based on reputational harm or political sensitivity and covers records ranging from detention and death files to flight logs and internal DOJ communications.
- Recent congressional releases included emails in which Epstein wrote that Trump "knew about the girls," drawing fresh scrutiny even as some reporters who reviewed the files say they contain little beyond what is already public.