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The House Oversight Committee released 33,295 pages of records Tuesday evening related to late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, provided by the Justice Department.
The voluminous files represent the most complete picture of the sex trafficking investigation into the disgraced financier, who was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell on Aug. 10, 2019, while awaiting trial on federal charges.
The contents range from dry transcripts of court proceedings to footage from a police search that captured a nude Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s UK-born socialite and sometime lover currently serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for helping procure girls as young as 14 to the pervert.
Also included are reports from the Palm Beach (Fla.) Police Department detailing the initial sex abuse allegations made against Epstein in 2005 — which led to him taking a much-criticized plea deal in which he was confined for 13 months, spending much of that time on work release.
Still another document contains testimony gushing about Epstein’s generosity to his employees.
The files also contain footage detailing the search of one of Epstein’s several homes and hundreds of flight logs detailing the routes of the well-connected moneyman’s private jet — dubbed the “Lolita Express” due to its use for the regular transport of Epstein’s victims.
The flight logs note trips to St. Thomas, near his infamous private island Little St. James.
A Palm Beach Police Department Property Receipt from Oct. 20, 2005 notes that items recovered from Epstein’s South Florida home included power cords, a computer, CD’s and a peach message table.
The nearly hour-long video of the property search, at least some of which appears to have been released years ago, shows police officers with guns drawn as they enter Epstein’s since-demolished Palm Beach residence.
In what appears to be Epstein’s closet, there are several framed photographs of women who appear to be nude, poolside; a photograph of what appears to be Epstein at the White House; and framed letters and drawings.
Redacted video interviews of Epstein victims conducted by law enforcement are also included in the files.
The records were subpoenaed by Committee chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) on Aug. 5, and the DOJ has responded, with the promise that any victim identities and material related to child sexual abuse will be redacted.
The files were released by the oversight panel on Google Drive, with many hitting play or download limits shortly after the committee shared the link. Numerous documents are single-page images of lengthier court filings.
The release comes as Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) attempt to move forward with a discharge petition related to the Epstein files.
If Khanna and Massie are able to get at least 218 members to sign the petition, it would force a full House to vote on a resolution demanding the DOJ release its files in the Epstein case.
“I don’t think the vote to release the Epstein files will even come to the floor being that they will all be made public,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), a member of the oversight panel, wrote on X.
Democrats, however, maintain that the majority of the files released Tuesday had already been made public – charging that the dump was an attempt to thwart the discharge petition effort.
“All done in the effort to stop [Massie] discharge petition.” Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) argued on X.
“Over 97% of those documents have already been released to the public,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), who also serves on the Oversight Committee, said Tuesday night.
“Most of the documents that were sent to our committee, those initial documents, were given to right-wing influencers back in February,” the California Democrat claimed, before accusing President Trump of participating in a “cover up” to prevent the release of Epstein-related files.
“The discharge petition is an important additional step forward for the congress, the full congress, to be on record to release the full files,” Garcia continued, adding that Attorney General Pam Bondi “should release all the files immediately.”
