Jeffrey Epstein documents released by Justice Department
The House and Senate voted in favor of the Justice Department releasing the Epstein files after President Donald Trump urged them to do so.
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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., accused Democrats on his panel earlier this month of selectively releasing information related to Epstein.
It came hours after committee Democrats released photos and videos capturing what they called "never-before-seen" views of Epstein's private compound in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
But Comer told Fox News Digital that many of those images published by Democrats were already released by Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe, now the head of O'Keefe Media Group.
"Ranking Member Robert Garcia and Democrats on the Oversight Committee continue to embarrass themselves," Comer said on Wednesday.
"Throughout the course of our investigation, Democrats have cherry-picked documents and doctored some of them, and now they are chasing headlines by slapping ‘never-before-seen’ on images and video that were reported by O’Keefe Media Group months ago. The only thing ‘never-before-seen’ is such a reckless Ranking Member."
His remarks came after Oversight Democrats publicized images from Epstein's island, Little Saint James, including images that appear to show a room with a dentist's chair and a chalkboard that has words like "power," "deception," and "appear" written on it.
This is an excerpted story from Fox News's Elizabeth Elkind. Read the full story here.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the FBI handed over a "truckload" of Jeffrey Epstein files to the DOJ. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP | Getty Images)
Department of Justice leaders faced sharp criticism and resignation calls from a faction of their supporters after they ended their inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case without releasing new files earlier this year.
The outrage, which emanated largely from the right, was tied to several past instances when those same leaders and other Republicans with large platforms once promoted the existence of incriminating, nonpublic Epstein case files, including a supposed list of sexual predators who were his clients.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino in July said they have nothing further to share with the public about Epstein's case. The memo added that no “client list” exists and much of the remaining material is sealed by court order.
The announcement drew backlash from conservatives who had long claimed such a list was real — including Patel, who before leading the FBI repeatedly suggested the government was concealing Epstein’s “black book.” Bondi and Bongino had also hinted at unreleased evidence.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., rejected the Justice Department’s explanation, insisting more disclosures are needed.
Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew , faced increased scrutiny in November after the release of leaked emails provided new insight into the embattled royal's ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Emails included in newly released files referenced Andrew in connection with Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexually abusing her on three separate occasions in 2001 when she was a teenager after she was trafficked by Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Andrew, who was recently stripped of his royal titles, has consistently denied Giuffre's allegations and claimed he has no memory of meeting her. However, several emails included in the documents and obtained by the Telegraph and Sky News appeared to cast doubt on Andrew's denials, including statements that he made during a 2019 interview on BBC's "Newsnight."
In one email that Epstein sent to a journalist, he seemed to contradict a suggestion made by Andrew during the interview that a now-infamous photo showing the former prince with an underage Giuffre was fake.
The image, which allegedly showed Andrew with his arm around Giuffre's waist and Maxwell in the background, was first made public in February 2011 and became key to the controversy surrounding the royal.
In the correspondence, which was sent in July 2011, Epstein appeared to confirm the image's authenticity and claimed "many" of his employees also took photos with Andrew.
This is an excerpt from a story by Ashley Hume.
Jeffrey Epstein was found in his jail after a suicide attempt and later pronounced dead. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)
Jeffrey Epstein cast himself as a political insider after Trump’s first election, recently released House Oversight emails show, offering foreign leaders "insight" into the new president and boasting that he’d already briefed a top Russian diplomat on how to handle him.
The trove of emails, spanning from 2016 to 2018 and made public by the House Oversight Committee last month, reveals Epstein trying to reestablish himself on the world stage by courting heads of state, billionaires and diplomats.
Epstein, the emails show, positioned himself as a man with rare access and understanding of Trump, offering his analysis to global figures eager to make sense of the new administration.
In one 2018 exchange, former Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland thanked Epstein for a "lovely evening" and said he would meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s assistant.
Epstein replied that Jagland should tell Russian President Vladimir Putin that Lavrov "can get insight on talking to me," adding that "Vitaly Churkin was great — he understood Trump after our conversations."
This is an excerpt from Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner. Read the full story here.
This is an excerpt from a Fox News Digital story published Aug. 5, 2025.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., sent a flurry of subpoenas related to Jeffrey Epstein earlier this week, Fox News Digital was first to report.
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are two of those who have been requested to appear for depositions related to the late Epstein and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Others who are being compelled to appear are former FBI directors James Comey and Robert Mueller, as well as ex-Attorneys General Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, William Barr, Jeff Sessions and Alberto Gonzales.
Comer also subpoenaed the Department of Justice for documents related to Epstein, with a production deadline of Aug. 19. The DOJ confirmed receipt of the subpoena but declined to comment further.
It comes after a House Oversight Committee subcommittee panel voted for the aforementioned subpoenas during an unrelated hearing late last month, showing the fervor for transparency that’s overtaken lawmakers on both sides.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it did not withhold the names of politicians in its latest release of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents, as critics questioned the scope of the disclosure and argued the files contained too many redactions.
“As @DAGToddBlanche made clear: ‘The only redactions being applied to the documents are those required by law — full stop,’” the DOJ wrote on X. “Consistent with the statute and applicable laws, we are not redacting the names of individuals or politicians unless they are a victim.”
Several lawmakers, including Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., have claimed that politically connected individuals were shielded or redacted in the document trove.
The Justice Department said it redacted the names and identifying information of victims, and sources told Fox News Digital that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials.
Rep. Robert Garcia speaking in Congress/Getty Images
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., pushed back against accusations Jeffrey Epstein-related images had been cherry-picked to spin a narrative after Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a batch of Epstein photos.
"We’re going to continue to release photos, and we want all the photos released, obviously. There has been close to a hundred photos released from the last group," Garcia said.
Democrats led by Garcia released a set of 92 images late last week, revealing previously undisclosed images of Epstein posing with rich, influential and powerful figures.
Most of the pictures depict rooms or locations with no people in them.
Garcia declined to say what decision-making process played into the disclosures from Oversight Democrats but affirmed that, to his knowledge, Republicans and Democrats share the same access to files trickling in from the DOJ.
"As far as I know, absolutely, yes," Garcia said when asked about the access.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
The Senate finished what the House started several months ago when it unanimously passed legislation to force the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release its hoard of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein on Nov. 18.
But a saga that lasted months, and ripped the House apart, took only a matter of minutes in the Senate.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., forced a vote on the floor, and the legislation passed without a single senator objecting. That action bookended the explosive chapter in Congress, and sent the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk to sign.
It also started the ticking clock for the Dec. 19 deadline for the DOJ to dump all of the documents related to Epstein, his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, associated entities and his time in custody and death, among others.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., made no attempt to object to Schumer’s move, nor did he try to sideline it and amend it as House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., wished.
“I think when a bill comes out of the House 427 to one, and the president said he'd sign it, I'm not sure that amending it is in the cards," Thune said.
New York Times' David Brooks appeared says he never had contact with Jeffrey Epstein. (PBS)
New York Times columnist David Brooks said he never had any communication with Jeffrey Epstein after photos of him were included in images from Epstein’s estate released this week by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.
While Brooks acknowledged that both he and Epstein attended the same dinner party following a TED conference in 2011, the Times columnist denied that their paths ever crossed.
After combing through his own email records, Brooks said he “never exchanged a word” with Epstein, adding that the photos released by the oversight committee did not show the them together.
The Department of Justice on Friday defended its latest release of Jeffrey Epstein–related documents, pushing back against online claims from Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., that politically connected individuals were shielded or redacted.
In a post on X from the official DOJ spokesperson account, @DOJSpox47, the department said all references to politically exposed persons were fully disclosed in the document dump released earlier in the day.
“To set the record straight: No Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) were redacted from today’s released Epstein documents,” the post read. “All references to PEPs were disclosed in full. Do you not see Clinton’s face??”
The statement came as critics questioned the scope of the release, arguing the files had too many redactions to offer transparency.
More Epstein files were released Friday afternoon in accordance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
The Department of Justice's efforts to release all of its files related to Jeffrey Epstein's and Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking cases by the legal deadline fell short of expectations on Friday, resulting in complaints ranging from technological glitches to excessive redactions and missing documents.
Just after 3 p.m., the highly anticipated website containing the documents went live with a message informing visitors they were "in line." The page never advanced and would occasionally crash. Once the files became visible, some people were reporting that they still could not access the website.
"Got me waiting in line for these Epstein files like it’s a 2019 Yeezy drop," one user wrote on X.
The law required that the files be searchable, but New York University law professor Ryan Goodman was among those who observed that the search bar feature on the website was also not reliably capturing content. Some on the left pointed out that President Donald Trump’s name was initially not showing up in any of the documents. Trump was one of many of Epstein’s affluent friends before Epstein faced charges. The search bar appeared to be working as of Friday night.
The most common criticism, however, focused on what critics described as an incomplete release and extensive redactions. The DOJ has said it was required to redact information that could identify victims or minors.
In a letter to Congress, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche touted the DOJ's effort to fulfill its obligations under the Epstein Files Transparency Act as "historic."
Blanche said the documents underwent a rigorous review and redaction process involving more than 200 lawyers and that certain DOJ components produced tranches of files this week that required more time to review. He said he expected the rest of the files to be uploaded to the website within two weeks.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., highlighted the statutory language of the Epstein Files Transparency Act on X.
"Unfortunately, today’s document release by @AGPamBondi and @DAGToddBlanche grossly fails to comply with both the spirit of the letter of the law that @realDonaldTrump signed just 30 days ago," Massie wrote.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., a co-sponsor of the legislation, said he and Massie were "exploring all options," including potential contempt proceedings or other actions against DOJ officials.
"It is an incomplete release with too many redactions," Khanna said.
This is an excerpt of an article by Fox News Digital's Ashley Oliver.
Richard Branson and Jeffrey Epstein in a photo found in the newly released Epstein files. The files were released on Friday, Dec. 19.
Richard Branson and Prince Andrew were subjects in photos part of the Department of Justice's file dump of documents, records and other files related to Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking case.
Branson and Prince Andrew were among the high-profile people seen in photos with Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
The DOJ posted thousands files on a government website Friday related to Epstein's and Maxwell’s sex-trafficking cases, which included a slew of photos with high-profile people.
The files were released as the result of a deadline imposed by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed by Congress last month.
In addition to Branson and Prince Andrew, former President Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Kevin Spacey and others were seen in photos shared in the Justice Department's dump.
According to a source familiar, over a dozen politically exposed individuals were identified in the files being released.
U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York penned a letter to judges emphasizing protection for victims.
U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York submitted a letter to the courts on Friday noting the Department of Justice (DOJ) is still reviewing additional Epstein files make sure victim information is redacted before being released to the public.
The letter, addressed to the two Manhattan federal judges who signed off on revealing grand jury material related to the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking investigations, said DOJ lawyers have taken part in more than two dozen meetings with victims and their attorneys regarding the release.
Clayton wrote there are "a variety of challenges and tensions" in complying with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, citing the protection of victims' information and possible technical and human error.
He also voiced concerns “the media or others in the public" would be able to identify victims based on information released.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's victory rally.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., demanded that Attorney General Pam Bondi immediately leave her post for releasing an entirely redacted grand jury document in the Epstein files document dump.
"Now the coverup is out in the open,” Ocasio-Cortez said on X. "This is far from over. Everyone involved will have to answer for this. Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, whole admin.”
“Protecting a bunch of rapists and pedophiles because they have money, power, and connections,” she continued. “Bondi should resign tonight.”
The 119-page document in question is one of many that is heavily redacted within the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) dump on Friday night, which has drawn heavy criticism from congressional Democrats and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., the main antagonist in pushing Bondi and the DOJ to release all documents and materials related to Jeffrey Epstein.
Several lawmakers, including Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., have threatened consequences against the DOJ for not complying with the law, specifically for not providing explanations for redactions.
Deputy Attorney general Todd Blanche
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the DOJ had discovered over 1,200 victims of Jeffrey Epstein.
In a letter shared exclusively with Fox News Digital, Blanche said that the DOJ had arrived at that figure in its comprehensive evaluation of Epstein and his sex trafficking crimes.
“Under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi, this unprecedented disclosure highlights our commitment to following the law, being transparent, and protecting victims," Blanche continued, noting that the production of documents comes within the 30 days required under the law signed by the president.
As the DOJ prepares to comply with requirements from the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a law President Donald Trump signed into law in November, Blanche said that the department will make efforts to protect the identity of those victims.
On Friday, the DOJ released thousands of documents and images on the FBI’s investigation into Epstein, several of his properties and images of him with young women.
Blanche made it clear that the releases on Friday aren’t complete and the department will continue to roll out files in the coming weeks.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks at a press conference with Epstein survivors.
The architect of the law that required the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all documents and materials related to Jeffrey Epstein accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of missing the mark.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., led the push in the House to unveil the DOJ’s so-called Epstein List, and like many others, including his co-author of the bill, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., was unhappy with the result.
“Unfortunately, today’s document release by [Bondi] and [Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche] grossly fails to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the law that [President Donald Trump] signed just 30 days ago,” Massie said on X.
Massie’s indictment of the document dump came after Khanna’s who similarly argued that the release didn’t follow the law by redacting several pages of materials without a proper explanation.
Khanna threatened consequences, which Massie agreed with, against the DOJ for not following statutory requirements, including “impeachment of people at Justice, inherent contempt, or referring for prosecution those who are obstructing justice.”
Rep. Ro Khanna,, D-Calif., speaks to reporters ahead of Epstein Transparency Act vote
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., joined the growing ranks of dissatisfied lawmakers following the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.
The key difference, though, is that he helped write the bill that forced Attorney General Pam Bondi and the DOJ to release the so-called Epstein Files, alongside Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.
“The Justice Department's document dump this afternoon does not comply with Thomas Massie and my Epstein Transparency Act,” Khanna said in a video posted to X. “They released one document from a New York grand jury of 119 pages totally blacked out, this despite a federal judge ordering them to release that document, and our law requires them to explain redactions. There is not a single explanation for why that entire document was redacted.”
Khanna and Massie’s bill did permit exceptions on materials that could be withheld, like images of graphic death, but required that any redactions come with an explanation.
“Thomas Massie and I are exploring all options,” he said. “It can be the impeachment of people at Justice, inherent contempt, or referring for prosecution those who are obstructing justice.”
New photo of Bill Clinton found in the newly released batch of Epstein files on Friday, Dec. 19. (Credit: Department of Justice)
Former President Bill Clinton was a subject in several photos that were part of the Department of Justices file dump of documents, records and other things related to Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking case, including a photos of him in a hot tub and a pool with Ghislaine Maxwell and females whose faces were redacted.
A photo of Clinton relaxing in a hot tub alongside a female whose face was also redacted was among the photos released as part of the tranche of files shared Friday in the DOJ's Epstein drop as well.
The agency posted thousands of pages on a government website Friday amid a deadline imposed by the Epstein Files Transparency Act passed by Congress.
Fox News Digital learned that over a dozen politically exposed individuals were included in the documents, according to a DOJ source. Some redaction standards were imposed for these individuals Fox News was also told.
Clinton could also be seen in other photos with Michael Jackson, Diana Ross and more.
Epstein-Bondi
The Department of Justice acknowledged to Congress in a letter on Friday that it missed the deadline to release all unclassified material related to Jeffrey Epstein's and Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking cases.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche attributed the lapse to the DOJ's various components producing batches of documents this week. The documents must all go through a review process being handled by the National Security Division.
"Because of the volume of the material and the requirement that every page of every document be reviewed for potential redactions under the Act, final stages of review of some material continue," Blanche said.
He added: "I anticipate this ongoing review being completed over the next two weeks."
House Democrats warned that they were reviewing "all legal options," saying the DOJ violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act's requirement that all unclassified files must be made public within 30 days of the bill's passage. That deadline is Dec. 19.
Jeffery Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell walking/Getty Images
Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal judge to throw out her conviction, claiming in a petition that juror misconduct, suppressed evidence and alleged coordination between prosecutors and victims’ lawyers landed her behind bars.
Maxwell, the longtime associate and convicted accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein , filed the sweeping habeas motion pro se earlier in December, arguing that "newly discovered evidence" proves she never received a fair trial. The request came just days ahead of the deadline for the DOJ to release the Epstein documents by Dec. 19.
The 63-year-old is serving a 20-year prison sentence after her 2021 conviction on sex-trafficking and conspiracy charges tied to Epstein’s decades-long abuse network.
Her filing arrives as the Department of Justice faces growing pressure to comply with the newly enacted Epstein Files Transparency Act, which requires the release of long-sealed investigative documents linked to Epstein and his associates.
A central claim in Maxwell's latest petition targets Juror No. 50, who publicly revealed after the verdict that he had been sexually abused as a child, a detail he did not disclose on his juror questionnaire.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaking with reporters.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., panned the phased release of documents and materials related to Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, arguing that it was “just a fraction of the whole body of evidence.”
The Department of Justice dumped a trove of the so-called Epstein Files, filled with photos, redacted lists, and methodology on the investigation into Epstein’s death in custody years ago.
Congressional Democrats were already in arms after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced phased releases of the files, given that Congress set the statutory deadline for every shred of information, with exceptions, to be released on Dec. 19.
Schumer contended that the law called for “complete release of the Epstein files so that there can be full transparency.”
“This set of heavily redacted documents released by the Department of Justice today is just a fraction of the whole body of evidence,” Schumer said in a statement. “Simply releasing a mountain of blacked out pages violates the spirit of transparency and the letter of the law. For example, all 119 pages of one document were completely blacked out. We need answers as to why.”
“Senate Democrats are working to assess the documents that have been released to determine what actions must be taken to hold the Trump administration accountable,” he continued. “We will pursue every option to make sure the truth comes out.”
Epstein-Maxwell
The DOJ began posting thousands of files related to Jeffrey Epstein's and Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking cases on Friday, including photos, court records and heavily redacted information about potential victims.
The photos included the interiors and exteriors of Epstein's properties and personal photos of Epstein with various high-profile figures including former President Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson and Mick Jagger.
Some of the data was heavily redacted, such as a seven-page list titled "Masseuses" with more than 200 apparent names blacked out. The redactions were used, in part, to block out information that would identify potential victims. Some New York grand jury material also appeared in the compilation of files and was also heavily redacted.
The files are accessible at a public website here.
The department has said it plans to upload more files in the coming days and weeks.
An image of former President Joe Biden.
It’s unclear why the Biden administration did not release the Epstein files — a sprawling trove of tens of thousands of pages of evidence and documents — including sensitive information related to witnesses, grand jury participants and victims of former financier and convicted sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein during decades of trafficking and abuse.
Unlike President Donald Trump’s administration, neither former President Joe Biden nor any administration officials had committed to releasing the information publicly — in part, perhaps, an acknowledgement of how difficult that task would prove to be, given the depth of physical, digital, and written evidence that would need to be meticulously reviewed prior to being released.
In contrast, senior Trump officials, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, vowed earlier in 2025 to release much of the Epstein information to the public, in a nod to transparency. That prompted weeks of intense backlash beginning in July, when the Justice Department said in an unsigned memo that it did not plan to release more information about the investigation. They also said there was no "client list," as had been suggested.
Trump, for his part, has called for the Justice Department to release "all credible" evidence in the files.
Still, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee in August subpoenaed a litany of former government officials — including former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for testimony regarding Epstein, Fox News reported. Biden is not among the individuals listed by the committee.
Jeffrey Epstein’s former associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, was transferred about one week ago from a maximum-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida, to a minimum-security one in Bryan, Texas.
The reason for the transfer remains unknown, but came days after the DOJ met with Maxwell in Florida and questioned her for two days. Maxwell has been serving out a 20-year sentence for charges involving sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy.
A former Bureau of Prisons official told Fox News Digital the transfer of a sex offender to a friendlier facility was “highly unusual.”
The prison in Bryan is an all-women facility housing about 600 inmates, including Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and celebrity housewife Jen Shah.
The family of Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein accuser who died by suicide this year, criticized the Trump administration for extending “preferential treatment” to Maxwell in response to her transfer.
“The Trump administration should not credit a word Maxwell says, as the government itself sought charges against Maxwell for being a serial liar. This move smacks of a cover up,” the family said. “The victims deserve better."
This is an excerpt from a Fox News Digital story published Aug. 1, 2025.
Jeffrey Epstein accuser Jess Michaels was raped in 1991 by the late, disgraced New York financier and sex trafficker when she was 22, as she recounted in a TedX Talk in 2023.
At the time, Michaels said, she was living in New York City as a professional dancer. She was introduced to Epstein by a former roommate.
Michaels has emerged in the years since as a vocal advocate for victims of sexual violence and rape. She has spoken out about her own experience in interviews on podcasts and in other interviews in hopes of encouraging other rape victims to come forward.
During the second Trump administration, Michaels has also been a leading voice among in demanding transparency from the administration over its handling of the Epstein case, including publicly releasing files related to the investigation.
“You never hear the words 'Epstein victim' or 'Epstein survivor' out of this White House,” she told the group Democracy Forward, which sued the administration in federal court Friday to release the files.
“The victims of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell have been speaking up for almost two decades,” Michaels said. “It is appalling that there is so little justice for this issue.”
Democrats from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform announced Wednesday that they have "received never-before-seen photos and videos of Jeffrey Epstein's private island that are a harrowing look behind Epstein’s closed doors."
"See for yourself. We won’t stop fighting until we end this cover-up and deliver justice for the survivors," Oversight Dems wrote on X.
"This production is in response to an Oversight Committee request to the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice for additional information to aid in the ongoing Committee investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes," it added in a statement. "The Committee also received records from J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank. Oversight Democrats intend to release files to the public after review in the days ahead."
The photos and video released by the House Oversight Dems purportedly show various rooms inside buildings on Little Saint James island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as other locations on the island.
Congressional Democrats are looking at "all legal options" to pursue a full release of the so-called Epstein Files from the Department of Justice (DOJ), arguing that the agency is breaking federal law by not dumping every document at once.
Reps. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., and Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the top-ranking Democrats on the House Oversight and Judiciary committees, respectively, accused President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi of breaking federal law after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that the DOJ would be dumping material related to Jeffrey Epstein over the next few weeks.
"Courts around the country have repeatedly intervened when this Administration has broken the law," the lawmakers said in a joint statement. "We are now examining all legal options in the face of this violation of federal law. The survivors of this nightmare deserve justice, the co-conspirators must be held accountable, and the American people deserve complete transparency from DOJ."
Separately, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., panned Trump and Bondi for being "hellbent on hiding the truth."
"Senate Democrats are working closely with attorneys for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and with outside legal experts to assess what documents are being withheld and what is being covered up by Pam Bondi. We will not stop until the whole truth comes out," Schumer said.
"People want the truth and continue to demand the immediate release of all the Epstein files," he continued. "This is nothing more than a cover-up to protect Donald Trump from his ugly past."
MAGA supporters are frustrated with President Donald Trump after he defended Attorney General Pam Bondi, whose DOJ denied the existence of a Jeffrey Epstein client list.
Conservatives voiced outrage online and at a Florida convention, pledging the Epstein scandal won't “go away.”
The DOJ determined Epstein committed suicide in 2019 and that no list exists.
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn warned unanswered questions could stall progress in other areas of national progress.
Trump defended Bondi on Truth Social, saying she’s doing a “FANTASTIC JOB.” Bondi previously said the Epstein file was “sitting on her desk,” later clarifying that JFK and MLK files were also prepared for release.
Longtime Trump supporters like Laura Loomer warned GOP losses could follow. FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X that some "conspiracy theories" about Epstein weren’t true.
Later, some conservatives at Turning Point USA's Student Action Summit spoke out against the DOJ and Trump over the lack of answers regarding Epstein.
This is an excerpt from a Fox News Digital story published July 13, 2025.
Former President Bill Clinton with Michael Jackson and Diana Ross
A photo of former President Bill Clinton and the late Michael Jackson and singer Diana Ross were part of the tranche of files released Friday in the Department of Justice's Jeffrey Epstein drop.
The agency posted thousands of pages on a government website Friday related to Jeffrey Epstein's and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking cases. The files were released as the result of a deadline imposed by the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Fox News Digital learned that over a dozen of politically exposed individuals were included in the documents, according to a DOJ source. Some redaction standards were imposed for these individuals Fox News was told.
Inclusion in the files do not necessarily imply wrongdoing.
The DOJ also indicated it discovered more than 1,200 victims and their families during their review.
Jeffrey Epstein, a disgraced financier, purchased Little St. James Island, a 73-acre retreat in the U.S. Virgin Islands, in 1998.
The infamous island played a significant role in Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. It included a lavish compound, guesthouses, and private docks.
Multiple victims and witnesses testified that the remote property served as a location where Epstein and his associates sexually abused underage girls. He lured victims to the island under the guise of offering modeling or educational opportunities.
Authorities raided the property following Epstein’s 2019 arrest, seizing computers, documents, and surveillance equipment as part of their investigation into sex trafficking charges.
Many have since demanded the full release of Epstein’s flight logs to the island, which are believed to contain the names of high-profile people who visited the property.
Former Harvard President Larry Summers
The American Economic Association (AEA) slapped Larry Summers, a former president of Harvard University, with a lifetime ban earlier this month, citing ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Summers had initially stepped down from the association and had also resigned his post at Harvard under scrutiny for his relationship with Epstein.
"The American Economic Association (AEA) has accepted Lawrence H. Summers' voluntary resignation from membership and, pursuant to the AEA's Policies, Procedures, and Code of Professional Conduct, has imposed a lifetime ban on his membership," a statement put out by the organization read."
The AEA condemns Mr. Summers' conduct, as reflected in publicly reported communications, as fundamentally inconsistent with its standards of professional integrity and with the trust placed in mentors within the economics profession," the statement said.
Although Summers’ relationship with Epstein is well documented in emails released by the Epstein estate, he has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
One of the emails released in November describes Epstein as a “wingman” for Summers.
List of redacted masseuse names in Epstein drop/DOJ
The Department of Justice's release of Jeffrey Epstein documents on Friday afternoon included a heavily-redacted list of masseuses, Fox News Digital found.
"MASSEUSES," reads the top of a document released in the Epstein drop, followed by 254 spots that are all blacked out.
The document notes: "Redacted to protect potential victim information."
The DOJ released thousands of documents related to the convicted sex trafficker on Friday afternoon. President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan law in November that required the Department of Justice to release all "unclassified records, documents, communications and investigative materials" within 30 days of Trump's signature – or Dec. 19.
President Donald Trump is seen at the Oval Office in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump in November announced he signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law. "At my direction, the Department of Justice has already turned over close to fifty thousand pages of documents to Congress," Trump said in a lengthy Truth Social post last month.
"Do not forget — The Biden administration did not turn over a SINGLE file or page related to Democrat Epstein, nor did they ever even speak about him," Trump added.
The legislation, which was overwhelmingly approved in both the House and Senate, directs the Justice Department to release all unclassified filed and investigative materials in the government’s possession related to the probe into Epstein and his longtime partner, Ghislane Maxwell.
It also directed the Justice Department to order the release of unclassified filed related to individuals referenced in previous legal cases, details surrounding trafficking allegations, internal Justice Department communications relating to Epstein, and any details surrounding the investigation into his 2019 death.
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Kevin Spacey is demanding the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The 65-year-old actor spoke out last month as the Trump administration faced backlash over its handling of documents in Epstein’s sex trafficking case. Leaders of the Department of Justice and the FBI have come under fire after closing an inquiry into the case without releasing new files.
"Release the Epstein files. All of them. For those of us with nothing to fear, the truth can’t come soon enough. I hate to make this about me — but the media already has," Spacey wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
In December 2021, Epstein's former pilot, Lawrence Paul Visoski Jr., named Spacey during testimony for Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial. At the time, Visoski claimed Spacey had once flown on one of Epstein's planes.
In January 2024, Spacey was among the celebrities whose names appeared in a trove of unsealed documents relating to Virginia Giuffre's lawsuit against Maxwell.
The late disgraced financier had many high-profile connections, including former U.S. presidents, foreign prime ministers and Britain's Prince Andrew, as well as Hollywood stars, leading academics, people in the modeling and fashion industries and other public figures.
None of the celebrities named in the court documents, which included Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Jackson, Cameron Diaz, Cate Blanchett and Bruce Willis, among others, were accused of any wrongdoing. The stars' names were mentioned by Giuffre and another alleged Epstein victim, Johanna Sjoberg.
This is an excerpt from a Fox News Digital story published July 16, 2025.
Rep. Thomas Massie speaks at a press conference
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said he won’t consider the Epstein files released until he sees a specific list of names he believes will emerge when the dust settles.
"So, if we get a large production on December 19th, and it does not contain a single name of any male who's accused of a sex crime or sex trafficking or rape or any of these things, then we know they haven't produced all the documents," Massie said.
Massie’s comments come as the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it would blow past the Friday deadline set by the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
In an appearance with Fox and Friends, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department would need to roll out its releases over the next few weeks but that he expects the release several thousand documents on Friday.
It remains unclear what proportion of its files on Epstein the DOJ plans to release on Friday.
An image from Jeffrey Epstein's Contact Book, according to the DOJ.
One section of the newly released Epstein Files, disclosed Friday as part of the first phase of declassification, is labeled “Contact Book” and contains a list of names with all associated contact information redacted, according to Fox News' Jake Gibson.
Among the recognizable names appearing in that section are singer Phil Collins and his then-wife Orianne, actress Minnie Driver and Dr. Elie Wiesel. The presence of a name in the contact book does not indicate wrongdoing, and no addresses, phone numbers or other identifying details were made public.
Hundreds of thousands of pages of newly released Jeffrey Epstein records include the names of more than a dozen politically exposed people and government officials, according to sources familiar with the documents.
Trump and Epstein
The late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein discussed President Donald Trump in emails released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday.
The Democrats on the committee released three emails Wednesday that Epstein’s estate provided them — prompting Republicans to release their own stash of 20,000 pages of Epstein documents hours later, while the White House accused Democrats of seeking to distract from the government shutdown.
Included in the documents released Wednesday are emails between Epstein and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and correspondence with author Michael Wolff, former President Barack Obama's White House counsel Kathy Ruemmler, among others, where Epstein mentions Trump.
"i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. (VICTIM) spent hours at my house with him, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc. im 75 % there," Epstein said in an email to Maxwell in April 2011, which was provided with other correspondence to the committee by Epstein’s estate in response to a subpoena request.
"I have been thinking about that…" Maxwell said in response.
In another email from 2019, Epstein told Wolff that "of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop," referencing Trump. The president previously told reporters in July that he had prohibited Epstein from the president’s Florida Mar-a-Lago golf club because Epstein kept "taking people who worked for me."
While the documents themselves are authentic, Epstein’s statements in the emails remain unverified and uncorroborated. They do not allege wrongdoing by Trump; they only show Epstein referencing him. Trump has not faced formal accusations of misconduct tied to Epstein, and no law enforcement records connect Trump to Epstein’s crimes.
The White House has dismissed the emails as a "distraction."
"These emails prove literally nothing," White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a Thursday statement to Fox News Digital. "Liberal outlets are desperately trying to use this Democrat distraction to talk about anything other than Democrats getting utterly defeated by President Trump in the shutdown fight."
Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide in April at 41 years old, was one of the most prominent accusers of the alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, along with his convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and their friend, the British Prince Andrew.
Her court battles made public thousands of pages of documents related to Epstein's case, including Epstein's contact book and flight logs and sworn depositions from Epstein and Maxwell.
Giuffre alleged that Maxwell lured her to work for the late New York convicted sex trafficker when she was around 17 years old.
She also notably accused Prince Andrew of sexual exploitation in 2021. He settled a lawsuit with her in 2022 while denying the allegation.
Her family recently raised concerns about any sort of deal being made with Maxwell, as she was recently moved to a different prison with reportedly better conditions and rumors of possible clemency.
"The government and the President should never consider giving Ghislaine Maxwell any leniency," the family recently wrote in a statement.
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were both indicted on federal sex trafficking charges stemming from Epstein's years of abuse of underage girls. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen politically exposed people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said — while Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the DOJ discovered more than 1,200 victims and their families during the exhaustive review, and explained the process behind determining which files could be released in a letter to Congress exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital.
Sources told Fox News Digital that new photos of Epstein with former President Bill Clinton are part of the release. The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials.
Read the full story from Fox News Digital's Brooke Singman here.
Witness testimony, if any, released in the Jeffrey Epstein files drop would likely be from two law enforcement sources, according to an FBI agent and an NYPD detective.
These were the two testimonies requested by the Department of Justice, made last month in the grand jury cases against Epstein and his associate Ghislane Maxwell.
"Here, there was one witness — an FBI agent — during the Epstein grand jury proceedings," the filing from the DOJ stated. "There were two witnesses—the same FBI agent from the Epstein grand jury proceedings and a detective with the NYPD who was a Task Force Officer with the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force—during the Maxwell grand jury proceedings."
It is rare for grand jury transcripts to be made available, but it is ultimately up to courts to decide whether or not the documents should be released.
President Donald Trump requested that Attorney General Pam Bondi ask the judicial branch to have Grand Jury testimony made public.
"Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval," Trump wrote on Truth Social in July. "This SCAM, perpetuated by the Democrats, should end, right now!"
This is an excerpt from a Fox News Digital story published July 30, 2025.
Epstein files
The Justice Department shared on a public website Friday thousands of pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein’s and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking cases.
The trove of documents was released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a law passed last month that imposed a 30-day deadline on the DOJ to release all unclassified material related to the cases.
The files came from the DOJ, the FBI, the Southern District of New York and other entities. They included redactions and reasons for the redactions.
The transparency bill gave the DOJ wide latitude to withhold information about victims and material that could jeopardize open investigations or litigation. The government could also leave out information “in the interest of national defense or foreign policy,” the bill said.
Because President Donald Trump signed the bill into law on Nov. 19, the statutory deadline for release is Dec. 19.
The DOJ is facing accusations that it missed the deadline after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said more files were forthcoming during an interview with Fox News on Friday morning. Blanche said he expected the government to upload “several hundred thousand more” pages in the coming couple weeks. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y., seized on the comment, saying Democrats are “working closely with attorneys for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and with outside legal experts” to address the anticipated late files.
A link to the full trove of publicized documents can be found on the Justice Department’s website here.
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