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.
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."
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.
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.
Read more from Fox News's Diana Stancy and Emma Colton here.
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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