House committee to make Epstein files public after Justice Department subpoena

DOJ acceptable to statesman sharing Epstein files

Justice Department acceptable to statesman sharing Epstein files with Congress 02:20

Washington — The House Oversight Committee intends to merchandise immoderate of the documents from the Justice Department astir the lawsuit involving convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein, a spokesperson said Tuesday.

The committee expects to person the documents aboriginal this week aft issuing a subpoena in August to the section for records related to Epstein, a well-connected financier who was convicted of enactment trafficking and died successful national custody successful 2019. 

Controversy has swirled astir the Epstein files successful caller months, aft the Justice Department issued the findings of an interior review that was met with choler by galore of President Trump's supporters. The reappraisal recovered nary "client list" oregon grounds that Epstein had blackmailed salient figures. Still, the contented divided Mr. Trump's base, spurring calls for greater transparency.

The committee spokesperson said the sheet plans to merchandise files aft a reappraisal is conducted and redactions are made.

"The Committee intends to marque the records nationalist aft thorough reappraisal to guarantee each victims' recognition and kid intersexual maltreatment worldly are redacted," the spokesperson said successful a statement. "The Committee volition besides consult with the DOJ to guarantee immoderate documents released bash not negatively interaction ongoing transgression cases and investigations."

CNN archetypal reported that the House Oversight Committee plans to merchandise immoderate of the Epstein documents. 

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said Monday that the Justice Department was complying with the subpoena, which acceptable an Aug. 19 deadline, and would statesman sharing the records with the sheet connected Friday. 

"There are galore records successful DOJ's custody, and it volition instrumentality the Department clip to nutrient each the records and guarantee the recognition of victims and immoderate kid intersexual maltreatment worldly are redacted," Comer said successful a statement. "I admit the Trump Administration's committedness to transparency and efforts to supply the American radical with accusation astir this matter."

The committee besides earlier this month subpoenaed a slew of erstwhile attorneys wide and FBI directors, arsenic good arsenic erstwhile President Bill Clinton, for testimony. On Monday, erstwhile Attorney General William Barr testified earlier the committee down closed doors. 

• United States Congress
• William Barr
• House Oversight Committee
• Jeffrey Epstein