House panel releases 33,000 pages in Epstein files
Some of the long-awaited “Epstein files” have dropped on Capitol Hill, but the release has raised more questions than answers. The House Oversight Committee released more than 33,000 pages of records to the public, files that came from the Justice Department.
The documents include flight logs, court filings, jail surveillance footage, redacted records, depositions and memos. However, Democrats pointed out that 97% of the documents were already made public.
House committee subpoena for documents
The release comes after the House panel subpoenaed the Justice Department for more documents. At the time, lawmakers sought “any document that could be reasonably construed as a potential client list tied to sex acts or trafficking.”
They also requested Epstein’s infamous “birthday book,” which Ghislaine Maxwell compiled for his 50th birthday.
Mixed response from lawmakers
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky, said this is a “document dump” meant to give cover to the Trump administration.
On Tuesday, he formally launched a bipartisan resolution that would force a floor vote on the matter. It would require the DOJ to release all the files within 30 days.
House Speaker Mike Johnson called Massie’s move “meaningless.” However, some Republicans, including Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., have already signed on.
The White House released a statement to CNN, saying, “Helping Thomas Massie and Liberal Democrats with their attention-seeking, while the DOJ is fully supporting a more comprehensive file release effort from the Oversight Committee, would be viewed as a very hostile act to the administration.”
Victims and lawmakers on both sides say the public deserves far more than what’s currently public.
In fact, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif, along with Massie, will stand with survivors of Epstein’s abuse on Wednesday morning to demand more transparency.
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