"A Republican-led United States House of Representatives committee on Tuesday released tens of thousands of pages from the probe into disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein amid the case becoming a political headache for the Trump administration. The 33,295 pages, which are a part of a first batch of documents related to Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, were released by the House Oversight Committee on its website after being handed over by the Justice Department following a subpeona. "We're in the process of uploading those documents for full transparency so everyone in America can see those documents," Republican Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer told the media. "It's going as quick as we can get them uploaded," Comer said. "We want those to be public as soon as possible.""
"There have been mounting cross-party calls for more transparency in the infamous case. What do the Epstein pages contain? Epstein, an affluent financier with powerful connections, was charged with running a sex trafficking ring that exploited underage girls for a number of prominent clients. He died in a New York prison cell in 2019, where he was awaiting trial. Authorities ruled his death a suicide."
""There is no mention of any client list or anything that improves transparency or justice for victims," Garcia said in a statement. "House Republicans are trying to make a spectacle of releasing already-public documents. Pam Bondi has said the client list was on her desk. She could release it right now if she wanted to." Garcia said the Oversight Committee on Tuesday heard directly from the victims of Epstein and Maxwell."
A Republican-led House Oversight Committee released 33,295 pages of documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell after receiving them from the Justice Department under subpoena. Committee Chairman James Comer said the records are being uploaded to the committee website for public access. The release has intensified cross-party calls for transparency while Democrats, led by Representative Robert Garcia, say about 97% of the material was already public and contains no client list. Epstein faced charges of running a sex trafficking ring exploiting underage girls and died in a New York jail cell in 2019; authorities ruled his death a suicide.
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