The House Oversight Committee publicly posted files received from the Justice Department regarding the sex trafficking investigations of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The posted folders contained hundreds of image files of years-old court filings, video files appearing to be body-camera footage from police searches, and law enforcement interviews showing victims' faces. The Justice Department provided the files in response to a subpoena. Democrats on the committee said most of the material was already publicly known. Congressional pressure is increasing for broader disclosure. House Speaker Mike Johnson is attempting to block a forced vote on a bill to require release of most Epstein-related records.
The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. The folders contained hundreds of image files of years-old court filings related to Epstein and Maxwell. They also contained video files appearing to be body cam footage from police searches, as well as law enforcement interviews with victims with their faces.
The Justice Department released the files to the committee in response to a subpoena, but Democrats on the committee have said the files mostly contain information that was already publicly known. Still, pressure is growing in Congress for lawmakers to act to force greater disclosure in the case. House Republican Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to quell an effort by Democrats and some Republicans to force a vote on a bill that would require the Justice Department to release all the information
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