The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released over 33,000 pages of documents concerning the case of the disgraced financier on Tuesday, with additional documents anticipated.
Committee Chair Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky) had requested files from the Justice Department regarding the case last month, prior to the congressional recess.
“We have just released all subpoenaed documents from the DOJ concerning Jeffrey Epstein,” the Oversight Committee announced on X. A press release from the panel stated that “the Department of Justice has committed to continuing the production of these records while ensuring the redaction of victim identities and any child sexual abuse material.”
It remained uncertain if the documents made public on Tuesday contained any new information. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-California), the Oversight Committee’s leading Democrat, commented after the committee received the files from the Justice Department that the “overwhelming majority” of them were already publicly available.
According to Garcia, merely 3% of the documents offered new details, primarily consisting of fewer than 1,000 pages from Customs and Border Protection’s flight logs tracking Epstein’s plane from 2000 to 2014.
Previously, materials pertaining to both Epstein and his long-term associate had been disclosed. Attorney General Pam Bondi released a collection of documents in Epstein’s case in February, but these were extensively redacted and largely contained previously reported information.
The Trump Administration has drawn criticism for not providing more comprehensive materials in the case, particularly after claims by the President’s inner circle for years that the “Epstein files” would reveal grave offenses by the wealthy and influential.
The administration’s handling of the case, along with Trump’s personal connections to the deceased sex offender, came under increased scrutiny this summer following the release of a Justice Department and FBI memo in July. This memo asserted that Epstein did not possess a “client list” of co-conspirators and that his 2019 death in jail was a suicide. The memo, which countered various long-standing conspiracy theories about Epstein—especially prevalent among conservatives—provoked considerable backlash from the President’s own supporters and led to bipartisan demands for transparency.
Members of the Oversight Committee held meetings with several of Epstein’s victims earlier on Tuesday. Up to 100 victims of the disgraced financier, alongside other sexual abuse victims, are scheduled to gather in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.
